Australian racing driver Joey Mawson has been accused of sexually assaulting a nurse who cared for Michael Schumacher at his property close to Geneva
A nurse who cared for Michael Schumacher has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by racing driver Joey Mawson and wakened in ache on blood-stained bedsheets.
The Australian driver went on trial on Tuesday in Nyon, Switzerland, over the alleged incident. Mawson, who strongly denies the allegations and has said that the intercourse was consensual, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the nurse twice in a bed room at Schumacher’s mansion in Gland, close to Geneva, per The Mail.
Throughout the trial, the court docket heard that Mawson spent the night with a number of of Schumacher’s workers, the place the nurse consumed alcohol. The indictment states she turned so intoxicated she was unable to face and was carried to her room, totally clothed, by employees.
When the nurse wakened she was bare, and allegedly couldn’t bear in mind what had occurred. Prosecutors allege that the assault later came about in that room.
The nurse advised the court docket she sought assurances from a fellow worker in regards to the night’s occasion and that they’d despatched Mawson to verify on her.
Mawson defined in court docket that he had spent the evening on the nurse’s house and remained there as a result of he „did not need the workers to know in regards to the intimate second we had collectively“.
He added: „I hadn’t realised how drunk I really was. It wasn’t till the subsequent morning that I realised how drunk I had been. Throughout the evening, I had assumed she was much less drunk than I realised the subsequent morning.“
Mawson went on to say: „She was not intoxicated, she was alert and aware, she was flirting and he or she managed to get her leg on the pool desk. You might see from her physique language she was being flirtatious. I knocked on her room and he or she invited me in.“
The Australian advised the court docket that when he learnt of the allegations towards him, he texted the nurse and apologised. When requested by trial decide Patricia Cornaz why he had accomplished so, he replied: „As a result of I used to be overwhelmed by the accusations towards me. It was the gentlemanly factor to do however I had accomplished nothing incorrect.“
In his closing argument prosecutor Xavier Christe highlighted variations in Mawson’s testimony from earlier statements he had given to investigators. He additionally referred to discrepancies in Mawson’s testimony, the place he initially stated condoms had been used throughout consensual intercourse however then stated no safety was used.
The nurse had been caring for Michael Schumacher(Picture: Mark Thompson/Getty Photographs)
Mawson is a detailed buddy of Schumacher’s son, Mick, 26, and likewise a driver who frolicked in Method 1 with Haas and because the Mercedes reserve driver. He steadily stayed with the Schumacher household between races to keep away from lengthy return flights to Australia.
The nurse was requested to recall what occurred to her and, as she broke down in tears, advised the court docket: „That evening I had been working six days non cease. I used to be very drained and I had had nothing to eat.
„After I later requested Joey if something had occurred that evening, he stated ‚Sure‘. I contacted my physician and I used to be then referred to a different physician on the college hospital. I did not instantly inform the Schumacher household what had occurred. I could not bear in mind something from the evening, I needed to ask one of many different employees on the home.
„They stated I used to be drunk and that Joey had carried me to my room, I wakened bare and after I first contacted Joey to ask him if something had occurred he stated ‚No‘ however then later stated ‚Sure‘.“
The complainant was a part of a medical crew offering help to Schumacher, the seven-time F1 champion, who has not been seen in public since a 2013 ski accident.
The court docket heard that the lady had been fired from the Schumacher residence years earlier and had later began a grievance grievance. The nurse belonged to their „internal circle of belief“, in line with her lawyer, Patrick Michod.
No members of the Schumacher household are implicated within the allegations. In keeping with the indictment, none have been current on the time of the occasions and weren’t listed as witnesses within the case on the Nyon District Court docket.
