Overview
- Judges reaffirmed an earlier ruling allowing prosecutors to use seized IT materials, rejecting fresh defense challenges focused on the legality of accessing Block’s phone.
- Answering questions from the father’s lawyer, Block denied commissioning the cross‑border operation and disputed that a 2021 visit to her daughter’s Danish school was an abduction attempt.
- She acknowledged giving her son a light slap and grabbing him on occasion but rejected allegations of violent behavior and accused her ex‑husband of misrepresenting events.
- Coverage and testimony referenced an Israeli security firm’s role in the New Year’s transfer; Block discussed prior contacts with the firm Cyber Cupula and said she cannot exclude having spoken with the Israeli co‑defendant Tal S.
- Parts of the session with the court‑appointed child psychologist proceeded outside public view, and Block asked the court to shield her daughter from a public appearance, with further hearings scheduled from October 7 into 2026.