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Ten years ago, on December 29, 2013, Formula 1 record world champion Michael Schumacher was seriously injured in a skiing accident. He has since disappeared from public view. Many want to know more, but the family shields him and has not published any details about the condition of the exceptional racing driver, who turns 55 on January 3rd, for years. Rightly so, says NDR reporter Jens Gideon in his commentary.
The family is doing everything right. She acts in the spirit of Michael Schumacher. The superstar has been meticulous in ensuring that his privacy remains protected throughout his successful racing career. This is exactly what lawyers and family derive from the right to keep it that way even after the tragic skiing accident on December 29, 2013.
motives are understandable
According to Schumacher’s lawyer Felix Damm, a voluntary self-opening, as it is called in legalese, would mean that new water levels would always be requested. That’s why the family quickly rejected the interim idea of publishing information.
The motives are understandable, because this not only protects Michael Schumacher’s personal rights, but also ensures that the public remembers him as a great sports personality.
The right to remain silent
I understand all the people who would like to know how he is doing. But: In addition to the fact that there is no right to information, the question also arises as to what point that would make. In the end it would be a voyeuristic look at a man about whom one of his best friends, former Ferrari team boss Jean Todt, said a few days ago that he was no longer the one we know. His life is different today, says Todt, who is one of the few people who is allowed to visit him.
Michael Schumacher is not healthy, that much is clear. Even what we know is difficult to understand. We should accept that we are not supposed to know more. You have the right to remain silent.
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Sports current | November 29, 2023 | 07:17 am
