A 53 -year -old man was sentenced on Wednesday to Three years in firm prison in Germany for having tried to blackmail the family of Michael Schumacherthreatening to publish photos of the former champion of F1.
Accused of complicity, the kid’s son was sentenced to six months in prison suspended by the court of WUPPERTALwest of Germany.
The main defendant, Yilmaz ttried to blackmail 15 million euros (15.5 million dollars) to the pilot’s family, threatening to publish photos and videos in the ‘Darknet’, hidden and opaque version of the Internet. His son, Daniel, helped him send the data from an e-mail technically Irrastream address.
In addition to the two defendants, A third man who worked as a security agent For the Schumacher family until March 2021, he was sentenced to two years in suspense.
This third involved sold the main defendant, Between October 2022 and May 2024photos and videos that showed Michael Schumacher before and after their ski accident in 2013, which he would have copied without permission when he worked for the pilot’s family.
Father and son recognized the facts and apologized on Wednesday. The former security employee denied any involvement through intermediation of his lawyer and remained silent during the last day of the process.
The three already had a criminal record before this case.
Since its accident at the end of 2013 at the Melribel ski resort (France), Michael Schumacher has not been seen in public, and remains away from the media.
The seven -time F1 champion suffered a serious cranial trauma, spent more than six months in an induced coma and since then receives treatment at his home in Switzerland.
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