First photo of Michael Schumacher emerges, showing the F1 champion lying in bed

The primary of stricken Method 1 legend Michael Schumacher since his accident is being hawked round Europe for £1million.

An investigation is beneath manner into who took the image on the German driver's palatial residence in Geneva, Switzerland and the way they managed to smuggle it out beneath the nostril of his supervisor and nursing employees.

Schumacher, 47, sustained extreme head accidents in a snowboarding accident in France on December 29, 2013 and has been cared for at his residence in Switzerland since September 2014. 

Michael Schumacher (pictured) was a eager skier however suffered calamitous accidents after shedding management on a slope at Méribel in France

His supervisor Sabine Kehm stated on the weekend: 'Michael's well being just isn't a public challenge, and so we'll proceed to make no remark in that regard. 

'Now we have to guard his intimate sphere. Legally seen and in the long term, each assertion associated to his well being would diminish the extent of his intimate sphere.'

However solely hours after that assertion was made, it emerged that varied European media organisations had been provided the unique photographs. 

Michael Schumacher (pictured) gained a report seven Method 1 titles earlier than retiring

Prosecutors in Offenburg, Germany, are investigating the photographs as an alleged violation of his 'private vary of life'.

In a press release, the prosecutor's workplace instructed Germany's RTL TV channel the photographs had been provided for 'excessive quantities of cash' however the identification of the vendor was not identified.

Inside hours after Schumacher arrived in hospital in December 2013 a journalist armed with a digital camera and dressed as a priest had tried to achieve entry to his room at a hospital in Grenoble, France. 

On the weekend Ms Kehm stated the Schumacher household was conscious followers have been hoping for information of their hero's situation 'however we do that with full dedication to Michael's pointers and might solely thank folks for his or her understanding.'

Schumacher suffered horrendous accidents when he fell onto rocks at Meribel ski resort

Ms Kehm stated the household was launching a 'Preserve Preventing Initiative' as an indication of gratitude to followers and to encourage folks impressed by Schumacher's profession 'to maintain combating and by no means surrender.'

Schumacher's accident occurred on a household trip as he was snowboarding together with his son on the Meribel ski resort within the French Alps. 

The avid skier hit the proper facet of his head on a rock, cracking his helmet. Docs operated to take away blood clots from his mind, however some have been left as a result of they have been too deeply embedded.

The previous Method One world champion sustained a extreme damage whereas snowboarding in late 2013

Schumacher's supervisor Sabine Kehm (pictured) stated he had at all times been protecting of his privateness

Schumacher's situation stabilised after he was positioned in a drug-induced coma, from which he later emerged.

'Michael has at all times been very protecting of his privateness, even throughout probably the most profitable occasions of his profession. He has at all times made certain there's a clear and distinct line between his public persona and his non-public one,' Ms Kehm stated.

Schumacher, who made his identify with Benetton earlier than becoming a member of Ferrari in 1996, gained a report seven F1 titles and 91 races. 

 

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