Overview

• Béla Anda confirmed via LinkedIn that he is advising Christina Block on litigation PR in the ongoing Hamburg proceedings, writing that a mother has the right to see her children.
• Anda criticized what he called targeted leaks of internal files that created a picture of pre-judgment and said his role is to ensure the defendant’s perspective is heard.
• Block is on trial at the Hamburg regional court accused of commissioning the New Year’s Eve 2023/24 taking of her two youngest children from their father in Denmark, which she denies.
• Prosecutors have charged her with severe deprivation of minors, dangerous bodily harm, deprivation of liberty, and mistreatment of persons entrusted to her, and the case has drawn unusual media attention.
• FAZ reports that the father’s alleged failure to return the children under a visitation agreement is the subject of a separate case charged in 2023 and is not part of the current trial.