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

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Published 10:10 13 Dec 2024 GMT

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

A trial over an alleged blackmail plot is currently taking place

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

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.

Corinna and Michael in 1996. (Marcus Brandt/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Corinna and Michael in 1996. (Marcus Brandt/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Released back in 2021, Schumacher, traces an ‘intimate portrait’ of the seven-time F1 champion using archival footage and interviews.

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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’.

Schumacher hasn't been pictured since his accident. (Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Schumacher hasn't been pictured since his accident. (Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)

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.

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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.”

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.

Featured Image Credit: Pascal Rondeau/Getty Images/Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

Topics: Michael Schumacher, Formula 1, Health

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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