Katja Kühne and Marcel Sabitzer: Wedding a year after the death of her son

For Katja Kühne (40) last weekend, luck and infinite pain were very close together: The “Bachelor” winner from 2014 said “Yes” at the picturesque comer See “Yes” to her long-time partner, the Austrian football professional Marcel Sabitzer (31), who plays at Borussia Dortmund. But for Kühne, this most beautiful every day was also overshadowed by a tragic loss.

Last year, on March 24, 2024, the 40-year-old lost her son Lucas, who comes from an earlier relationship. The 18-year-old committed suicide. “His absence will certainly be particularly noticeable that day,” said the Ukrainian native of the “Superillu”. “Lucas can no longer share this special moment with us. There is a silent gap that cannot be filled.”

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Kühne emphasizes that her son remains present despite everything: “Lucas was and remains an indispensable part of us. His absence hits me deeply. But I know: his being will always be alive – in our hearts, thoughts and memories.”

Katja Kühne and her husband Marcel Sabitzer have been a couple since 2017, in April 2019 they became parents of a daughter. A year later, the engagement in the Maldives followed and now the wedding in Italy.

Katja Kühne became known in 2014 in the RTL show “The Bachelor”, where she received the last rose from Bachelor Christian Tews in the final.