Overview

• Judges in Nyon adjourned the scheduled hearing after the unnamed Australian defendant failed to appear, with the court set to reschedule and resummon him.
• Swiss authorities say the man has not been reachable for months, with reports indicating he may be in Australia after earlier cooperating with questioning in 2024.
• Prosecutors allege the nurse was raped twice while unconscious in an upstairs bedroom at the Schumacher family estate in Gland on November 23, 2019.
• The alleged victim, a nurse in her 30s from Schumacher’s live-in medical team, filed a criminal complaint in January 2022 following the reported incident.
• The defendant denies criminal wrongdoing, asserting the encounter was consensual and citing an earlier kiss, a claim the nurse disputes, and no Schumacher family members are implicated.