Michael Schumacher: A nurse at the heart of a vast blackmail affair, these millions at stake

A former nurse of Michael Schumacher is involved in a blackmail case against the family of the former driver.

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A former nurse of Michael Schumacher is involved in a blackmail case against the family of the former driver.

IN BRIEF

• A blackmail case has shaken Michael Schumacher's family
• Indeed, a former nurse who allegedly mistreated the former driver is implicated
• And the revelations are numerous

A sordid story. Since 2013, the date on which, Michael Schumacher was the victim of his skiing accident in Savoie, the former F1 driver is far from the media, protected by his wife, Corinna. But there you have it! that one of his nurses was trained dismissed for “ill-treatment”, according to our colleagues at Daily Mail.

&Also accused of being involved in a blackmail case, this woman, aged around 30, will testify in court during the trial which started in Germany on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Indeed, one of the pilot's former bodyguards as well as two other men are suspected of having attempted to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacher. 

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A former nurse of Michael Schumacher implicated in a sordid affair

The defendants are accused of having demanded 15 million euros. In exchange, they would not publish photos of Michael Schumacher after his accident. The nurse is cited in the official indictment as “involved”in this case, but she was not charged with any offence. “Fritsche (one of the accused) said that the nurse needed money and that the plan was to sell the equipment and split it three ways, me, him and her. Actually, I did not meet her; I saw a picture of her and that was it”.

In her testimony, Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm described the nurse as being very involved in his care after his accident and that she “seemed to get on very well with Markus Fritsche”. 

“We had problems with her”

The revelations are then numerous: “But finally she left, we had problems with her, we had problems with the way the care was provided. We saw some unpleasant things.”

Among the poor care, the witness says: “There was a computer that the caregivers and medical staff had access to, and they have the codes, if anyone else had accessed that computer, it would have been noticed. Corinna [Schumacher's wife] and I automatically suspected that it could be her; it could only be her”.