Overview
- Judges and a magistrate described conflicting statements by main defendant Yilmaz T. about who would share the €15 million, alternately naming ex-employee Markus F., his boss, or a nurse.
- The proceedings stem from a threat to post private photos and medical details of Michael Schumacher on the Darknet unless €15 million was paid.
- Daniel L. withdrew his appeal on November 14, making his six‑month probation final, and he said he will not testify, while his father signaled he will remain silent.
- In the first-instance ruling, Yilmaz T. received three years in prison and former security worker Markus F. got a two-year suspended sentence with a monetary condition, decisions now under review.
- Hearings at the Wuppertal regional court continue into early December as judges probe who organized the scheme and who stood to benefit.