Rape trial reveals Michael Schumacher's true state of health
The rape trial of Michael Schumacher's nurse has revealed that the former Formula 1 champion is in an irreversible vegetative state, requiring round-the-clock medical care.
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Rape trial reveals Schumacher's real condition
Twelve years after his skiing accident, Michael Schumacher's health remained a state secret. Until now. A sensual assault trial at his Swiss mansion has forced the first verified information about his condition to come to light.
The trial of Australian driver Joey Mawson, accused of raping one of the nurses caring for the former champion, has laid bare the medical regime Schumacher requires: extremely demanding, 24-hour-a-day attention. According to testimony, the German is no longer bedridden, but his condition is vegetative and irreversible. The continuous care involves a multidisciplinary team with costs that only a fortune like his can sustain. The irony of the case: what the family had kept strictly secret for more than a decade has come to light through an unrelated incivil case.
That it took a rape complaint to find out how one of the planet's most famous athletes is doing says a lot about the information lockdown. And about how unpredictable justice can be.
Twelve years after his skiing accident, Michael Schumacher's health remained a state secret. Until now. A sensual assault trial at his Swiss mansion has forced the first verified information about his condition to come to light.
The trial of Australian driver Joey Mawson, accused of raping one of the nurses caring for the former champion, has laid bare the medical regime Schumacher requires: extremely demanding, 24-hour-a-day attention. According to testimony, the German is no longer bedridden, but his condition is vegetative and irreversible. The continuous care involves a multidisciplinary team with costs that only a fortune like his can sustain. The irony of the case: what the family had kept strictly secret for more than a decade has come to light through an unrelated incivil case.
That it took a rape complaint to find out how one of the planet's most famous athletes is doing says a lot about the information lockdown. And about how unpredictable justice can be.
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