Overview
- The closed-door proceeding began before a youth chamber with 82 hearing days scheduled through mid-December.
- Prosecutors allege more than 200 internet-related offenses affecting over 30 minors in several countries, including a murder count tied to a 13-year-old’s suicide streamed online.
- The defense dismisses the legal construct as an experimental claim and says the defendant was assaulted after his transfer to Hamburg, prompting medical and dental examinations.
- Investigators report seizing about 12 terabytes of data with over 850 screen recordings, and recent FBI materials have triggered defense requests for procedural relief.
- Court officials say many potential victims remain unidentified, with only one young Finnish complainant registered as a co-plaintiff so far.