SCHUMACHER '₤12M PIC PLOT'
Daily Mirror UK|December 02, 2024
F1 star's ex-bodyguard accused of hatching blackmail plan
DANIEL ORME
SCHUMACHER '₤12M PIC PLOT'

F1 LEGEND Michael Schumacher is at the centre of an alleged £12million blackmail plot.

A former trusted family aide, bodyguard Markus Fritsche, is accused of being behind the claimed extortion.

Seven-times world champion Michael, 55, was seriously injured in a skiing accident in 2013.

The German's family have kept his condition private, with only a trusted circle of people allowed close to him.

Fritsche recruited by the Schumachers 18 months before the accident was one of them.

This story is from the December 02, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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