Michael Schumacher remains out of public view more than a decade after his 2013 skiing accident, and his family's insistence on privacy has been thrown back into the spotlight after an attempted blackmail case in Germany reportedly targeted medical files linked to the former Formula 1 champion.
For context, Schumacher's condition has been guarded with near-total discipline since December 2013, with the family limiting visitors, controlling information and declining the kind of routine health briefings that often follow celebrity illness. The approach has been consistent, and it has also made the household a magnet for rumour, opportunists and the occasional criminal scheme.
