Michael Schumacher’s wife revealed why she’s keeping his health private in a rare update.
The 55-year-old sustained life-changing injuries following an accident during a ski holiday in 2013. Schumacher was with his son Mick, who was 14 at the time, when he travelled across an off-piste area of the slope.
The Formula 1 (F1) star was placed in a medically induced coma, which he was brought out of in 2014, living an extremely private life afterwards.
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Schumacher has not been pictured since but the family has been left fearing a photo leak. A trial is underway this week as a former member of his security team (plus two other suspects) are accused of a £12 million blackmail plot.
Former bodyguard Markus Fritsche is accused of stealing approximately 1,500 images and 200 videos, with prosecutors claiming the materials contained classified medical documents and information about the star’s health.
Schumacher’s wife, Corinna, previously opened up about his condition in a Netflix documentary.
Released back in 2021, Schumacher, traces an ‘intimate portrait’ of the seven-time F1 champion using archival footage and interviews.
Married to the legend since 1995, Corinna explained that her husband is ‘different’ but ‘he’s here’ and that gives the family ‘strength’.
“We’re together. We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he’s comfortable. And to simply make him feel our family, our bond,” she said.
Corinna went on to explain how they are all ‘trying to carry on as a family’ in the way that Schumacher ‘liked it and still does’.
She also delved further into the family’s decision to keep everything as private as possible, with little known by the public about the star’s condition since his accident.
“‘Private is private’, as he always said. It’s very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible,” Corinna explained.
“Michael always protected us and now we are protecting Michael.”
Threatening that privacy, prosecutors in Germany say Fritsche violated ‘the most personal sphere of life’ of Schumacher.
It is alleged the men accused got in touch with his family and told them they would share the materials on two USB drives to the dark web if they did not receive a ransom of £12m.
The alleged plot fell through very early on and they now face ‘severe’ prison sentences.
Topics: Michael Schumacher, Formula 1, Health
Jess Battison