A man in their 30s who works in motorsport has been accused of raping one of Michael Schumacher’s nurses. According to prosecutors, as reported by Swiss newspaper 24heures, the individual in question raped the nurse while staying at the former Formula One driver’s house in Gland, Switzerland.
The allegations date back to November 2019. A criminal complaint was filed in January 2022, and they’ve come to light ahead of a trial, which is reportedly scheduled to take place this week.
The rape indictment says the accused raped the nurse in an upstairs bedroom after a ‘drunken evening’. The alleged victim is said to be a nurse, who was caring for Schumacher at his home, with the F1 icon in need of round-the-clock support since his skiing accident in December 2013.
It is claimed the nurse and the accused crossed paths in the billiard room of the Lake Geneva mansion. It’s said that the nurse felt unwell, so colleagues took the nurse to a staff room before carrying her to bed.
Per the indictment, the accused is said to have raped the nurse twice while she was unconscious. Neither of the nurses’ two colleagues have said they saw or heard anything.
The accused claims they previously kissed at a club in Geneva, but the nurse disputes sharing a close relationship.
No members of the Schumacher family are implicated in the allegations. According to the indictment, none of the family were present at the time of the events.
Back in 2013, the seven-time world champion sustained a life-changing head injury in a skiing accident, and he now requires a live-in medical team at his home.
Schumacher was in a medically induced coma for 250 days before he returned to his home. His wife, Corinna, has provided an update on the former motorsport driver’s situation in a Netflix documentary back in 2021.
In the programme, as quoted by the Mirror, she said: “I miss Michael every day. But it is not just me who misses him. It’s the children, the family, his father, everyone around him.
“I mean, everybody misses Michael, but Michael is here. Different, but he’s here, and that gives us 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. ‘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. Michael always protected us and now we are protecting Michael.”
Schumacher won his first world championship title with Benetton in 1994 and retained it in 1995. The German later joined Ferrari, where he won five consecutive titles in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
