Overview
- A 33-year-old care worker is in pretrial detention after an initial review indicated he recorded images and videos at a facility for children and adolescents with disabilities in 2025 and 2026.
- Authorities say the inquiry began with an NCMEC report of numerous child-sex-abuse videos uploaded to a cloud service, prompting searches in the Kulmbach and Hof districts and the seizure of storage media.
- Investigators allege the care worker exploited the dependency of those in his care, with some victims reportedly undressed and touched to produce material, while the presumption of innocence remains in place.
- In a separate case, a 57-year-old youth football coach is under investigation on suspicion of secretly filming players, about 15 years old, in locker rooms and showers in January and February; he was not placed in custody.
- Police report that evaluations of seized media have strengthened suspicion in both matters, and they are working to identify additional affected individuals and determine next steps.