FILE PHOTO: Corinna Schumacher, wife of former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, wipes tears next to her daughter Gina-Maria after her husband received the North-Rhine Westphalian state prize in Cologne, Germany July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
The two men from the western German city of Wuppertal were arrested on Wednesday and had been seeking millions of euros, Bild reported. Public prosecutors in Wuppertal have opened an investigation into blackmail directed at a celebrity and arrests have been made in connection with the probe, said a spokesperson, without naming the celebrity.In 2017, a court in Reutlingen handed a suspended sentence to a man who had sent an email who threatened Schumacher's children unless he received 900,000 euros .
Schumacher has not been seen in public since he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident on a family holiday in the French Alps in December 2013. We know it's a hassle to switch browsers but we want your experience with CNA to be fast, secure and the best it can possibly be.
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