2024-06-21 01:08:58
The German police arrested two folks on expenses of blackmailing the household of the seven-time world champion in Formulation 1 Michael Schumacher, Bild newspaper studies.
The boys, who’re from the western German metropolis of Wuppertal, have been detained on Wednesday after they demanded tens of millions of euros from the kin of the legendary pilot, provides the publication quoted by BTA.
Prosecutors in Wuppertal have opened an extortion investigation and arrests have been made in reference to the investigation, a court docket spokesman mentioned, with out naming the celeb whose kin have been being extorted.
A spokesman for Schumacher didn’t reply to a request for remark.
In 2017, a court docket in Reutlingen issued a suspended sentence to a person who had despatched an electronic mail threatening Schumacher’s youngsters except he obtained 900,000 euros.
Michael Schumacher has not made any public appearances since struggling a critical mind damage in a snowboarding accident throughout a household vacation within the French Alps in December 2013. The household has stored his situation strictly confidential, with entry restricted to these closest to him.