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Trial Opens in Switzerland for Australian Pilot Accused in Assault at Schumacher Home

Prosecutors point to phone messages alongside an audio recording from the morning after the 2019 incident.

Overview

  • Proceedings began on October 15 in Nyon against an Australian pilot described as an acquaintance of Mick Schumacher over an alleged assault at the family residence in Gland on November 23, 2019.
  • The alleged victim, a nurse on Michael Schumacher’s medical team, says she was assaulted twice after being helped to a staff room when she felt unwell during a social evening at the villa.
  • Investigators’ dossier cites phone exchanges between the two and an audio file recorded by the nurse the next morning as supporting evidence.
  • The nurse filed a criminal complaint in January 2022 after an initial period of silence that reports attribute to trauma and worries about job security and media exposure.
  • The accused denies wrongdoing and claims consensual contact, which the nurse disputes, and reports differ on whether he is currently detained or unreachable, while the Schumacher family is not party to the proceedings.