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Michael Schumacher's wife revealed real reason she's keeping his health private in rare update as family fear photo leak

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Published 13:24 13 Dec 2024 GMT

Michael Schumacher's wife revealed real reason she's keeping his health private in rare update as family fear photo leak

Three suspects are currently on trial over allegedly threatening to breach the F1 legend's privacy.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Michael Schumacher, Formula 1, Ferrari

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.

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Corinna Schumacher, wife of legendary Formula One driver Michael, has spoken out about why she keeps his health private amid an alleged blackmail plot against her family.

Just one year after retiring from the sport, Schumacher, who is widely regarded as one of, if not the, best F1 drivers of all time, was involved in a life-altering skiing accident that led to him being airlifted to hospital in Grenoble.

Following the tragic accident, the F1 icon's family decided to keep details of his condition private and have prevented him from being seen in public.

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But now, after three men allegedly threatened to release stole pictures and videos of the ex-driver, an explanation for why Schumacher's health has been kept private from his wife Corinna has resurfaced online.

Since the 2014 accident, Schumacher has been living an extremely private life and has not been pictured or seen in public.

However, a trial is currently underway in Germany as a former member of Schumacher's security team allegedly threatened to release 1,500 images and 200 videos detailing the F1 legend's condition.

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Very few details are known about how Schumacher , but in a 2021 Netflix documentary named after the driver, wife Corinna revealed 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.

She also spoke about her family’s decision to keep everything to do with Michael's life as private as possible.

Michael Schumacher raced in Formula One for 17 years. (Image: Getty)
Michael Schumacher raced in Formula One for 17 years. (Image: Getty)

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“‘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.”

Despite this, Markus Fritsche (plus two other suspects) threatened to breach this privacy, as prosecutors in Germany say that the former bodyguard violated ‘the most personal sphere of life’ of Schumacher.

The three men allegedly contacted Schumacher's family and threatened to share the stole materials on the dark web if they did not receive a ransom of £12million.

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