Trio charged over alleged €15m Michael Schumacher blackmail plot
German prosecutors have charged three men over an alleged plot to𒀰 blackmail Michael Schumacher's family.
Three men have been charged over an alleged plot to blackmail the family of F1 legend 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher.
A 53-year-old man from Wuppertal threatened to release private photos and video🍷s of Schumacher and demanded €15m (£12.5m) from Schumacher’s family, .
The two other suspects charged ꧑included a man who worked as a security guard for the Schumacher fa♌mily until 2021.
This man, also 53, is believed to have sourced the material and faces a “considerable” j▨ail term on charges of being an accomplice to attempted blackmail and breach of privacy.
Money was demanded from the Schumacher family during several phone cal🗹ls made to an employee in June this year.
The chief suspeไct, who could face a maximum jail sentence of 🧸up to 15 years, is believed to have threatened to leak the images if the fee demanded was not paid.
His 30-year-old son has also been charged with being an accomplice to blackmail after helpiꦦng h🌃is father create an untraceable email address.
Schumacher’s family alerted author🦩ities in Switzerland and investigators were able to trace the plot to Germany.
Seven-time world champion Schumacher has not been seen in public s🍌ince suffering a serious brain injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.
The 55-year-old was placed into an induced coma followin༒g his accident and was brought home in September𓂃 2014, with his medical condition kept private by his family ever since.
A rare update was provideꦛd by Schumacher’s family in September 2021 upon the release of a Netflix documentary about the F1 legend’s life.
Schumacher’s wife Corinna said the 91-tim🍷e ♐grand prix winner is “different, but he’s here”.
"He still shows me hꦯow strong he is every day,” said Corinna. "We're trying to carry on as a family.
"We live together at home. We do therapy.
"We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make suওre he's comfo♕rtable. And to simply make him feel our family, our bond.
"And no matter what, I will do everything I can. We all will. And we are 𓂃🥀getting on with our lives.”
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