Australian racing driver Joey Mawson is currently on trial in Switzerland after being accused of sexually assaulting a nurse of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher\u2019s medical team.<\/p>\n
Australian racing driver Joey Mawson is currently on trial in Nyon, Switzerland, accused of raping a nurse employed by Michael Schumacher\u2019s family at their Lake Geneva property in November 2019. Mawson has denied all allegations.<\/p>\n
The alleged incident took place in Schumacher\u2019s luxury villa on the shores of Lake Geneva in Gland following a cocktail party. The nurse was part of the medical team caring for the seven-time Formula 1 world champion following his 2013 skiing accident.<\/p>\n
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADJoey Mawson on trial for assaulting Schumacher\u2019s nurse<\/p>\n
According to AutoAction, the nurse told the court she had just completed her sixth consecutive shift and \u201cHadn\u2019t had time to eat and was tired\u201d when she joined the party and \u201cconsumed several drinks.”<\/p>\n
The nurse recalled feeling unwell shortly after and was unable to stand straight, after which Mawson and her colleagues assisted her to the bedroom to rest.<\/p>\n
She stated she was helped to bed fully dressed but awoke the next morning naked, with bloodstains on the sheets and no memory of the night. Prosecutors allege Mawson returned to the room and assaulted her twice while she was unconscious.<\/p>\n
Also Read | [One of the medics] told me I was completely drunk and that they, along with Joey, had carried me upstairs.<\/p>\n \u201cI asked him if I had gone to bed naked, because I had woken up naked. He said he had left the light on because he was worried.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause I had been unconscious, he had asked Joey to check on me. When I asked him if anything had happened, he said \u2018no\u2019,\u201d the nurse said to the court.<\/p>\n Nurse presents evidence, Mawson denies allegations<\/p>\n Medical evidence presented to the Swiss court indicated blood was present on the bedding and the nurse had suffered injuries consistent with restraint. She also underwent a hospital examination.<\/p>\n Mawson allegedly sent texts to the nurse after the incident, which were read in court. In one message, he wrote, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry from the bottom of my heart. I\u2019m so sorry for the pain I\u2019m causing you.”<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n \u201cI hadn\u2019t realised how drunk I actually was. It wasn\u2019t until the next morning that I realised how drunk I had been. During the night, I had assumed she was less drunk than I realised the next morning,\u201d the Aussie racing driver added in another text.<\/p>\n Also Read | Mawson claimed the encounter was consensual, stating that they had previously shared a kiss during a night out. The nurse has rejected the claim.<\/p>\n The nurse was dismissed from Schumacher\u2019s medical team in October 2020. Furthermore, no members of the legendary F1 driver\u2019s family were present at the villa on the night of the incident.<\/p>\n First Published: Home<\/a>Sports<\/a>Australian race driver on trial in Switzerland accused of assaulting Michael Schumacher’s nurseEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian racing driver Joey Mawson is currently on trial in Switzerland after being accused of sexually assaulting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[40130,40134,2613,37781,40046,40128,40129,40127,40047,40131,37800,40133,40132,17],"class_list":["post-76863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-australian-racer-rape-accused","tag-auto-racing","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-joey-mawson","tag-joey-mawson-accused","tag-joey-mawson-rape-accused","tag-joey-mawson-rape-trial","tag-michael-schumacher","tag-michael-schumacher-nurse","tag-motorsports","tag-motorsports-news","tag-schumacher-nurse","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116685908614069465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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