True story behind Michael Schumacher’s ‘wedding’ sighting finally revealed

Question marks are suddenly hanging over a reported sighting of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher at his daughter’s wedding in October.

The F1 world went into a spin when a number of European media outlets reported that Schumacher was at his daughter Gina’s wedding to Iain Bethke in Mallorca.

But now former F1 star and friend of Schumacher Johnny Herbert has called it “fake news”.

Herbert told FlashscoreUSA that Schumacher, 55, would never be seen in public again.

Schumacher has not been seen by people outside his extremely strict inner-circle since the fateful ski accident that almost took his life in 2013.

So the recent wedding sighting obviously created a huge stir.

The wedding was held in a $50 million Spanish villa, and security was also hired to, supposedly to protect Schumacher from “the possibility of attention from outside the wedding”.

The villa was reportedly converted into “a medical sanctuary” that could provide hospital-level care around the clock for the seven-time F1 world champion.

Doctors and nurses were also reportedly present, and details about guests having their phones confiscated at the door all added fuel to the fire.

But now Herbert has hosed down the flames.

“It (Schumacher’s life) will always be a closed shop,” Herbert said.

“The most recent rumour was he attended his daughter’s wedding.

“Unfortunately, from what I understand, that was all A1 fake news and no truth in it.”

Schumacher’s exact condition is unknown, at the will of Corinna, who has kept it notoriously and meticulously private since the accident in the French Alps 11 years ago.

Only an extremely small group of people are allowed to see him and fully understand his medical plight.

In May this year the Schumacher family settled a high-profile dispute with a German magazine.

Schumacher appeared on the front cover of German publication Die Aktuelle in April 2023 under the headline “Michael Schumacher, the first interview”.

The publishers left a small hint on the front page that it wasn’t real, with a strap saying the interview “sounded deceptively real”.

But the article otherwise appeared real, with artificially generated ‘quotes’ from Schumacher about his health and family.

The Schumacher family received compensation payment of 200,000 euros ($327,065 AUD) for the fake interview which used artificial intelligence.