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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Three men have been found guilty in a case of attempted blackmail against Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher's family. The perpetrators demanded 15 million euros ($15.6 million) from the family to avoid releasing hundreds of private photos and videos of the family as well as digitized copies of Schumacher's medical records. News agency dpa reports that a district court in Wuppertal sentenced the main defendant to three years in prison. His son received a six-month suspended sentence and a fine of 1,200 euros. Another defendant, a former security guard for the family, received a two-year suspended sentence and a fine of 2,400 euros for aiding and abetting the other two men.
