Michael Schumacher’s brother Ralf puts £4m five-bedroom ‘fairytale villa’, which he shared with his ex-wife Cora before coming out as gay, up for sale – to her fury
- Ralf Schumacher appears to have put a villa in Austria up for sale for £4million
- His ex-wife Cora responded to finding the ad online by expressing her anger at him
- The couple divorced in 2015 before Ralf came out as gay earlier this year
Ralf Schumacher is trying to sell the house he once shared with his ex-wife Cora.
The couple divorced in 2015 after fourteen years of marriage, but have since been embroiled in a bitter feud after Ralf came out as gay earlier this year.
Ralf – the brother of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher – revealed in July that he was in a relationship with his French manager Etienne.
Shortly after the announcement, Cora said in an interview with Der Spiegel that her former husband’s announcement was “like a stab in the heart.”
She added, “Today I feel used in the marriage. I feel like I wasted my best years. I ask myself a lot of questions. Was he honest with me?’
Ralf Schumacher (right) and ex-wife Cora (left) pictured in 2007 – six years after they married
A villa in Austria where Ralf and Cora lived together is for sale online
The asking price of the property is well over £4 million, significantly more than the last time it was on the market
The former family home of Ralf and Cora – built in 2001 – has an indoor swimming pool
There is a further swimming pool outside in the large garden of the property with five beds
But Ralf later accused Cora of lying and published screenshots of an alleged WhatsApp exchange from last year in which Cora appeared to congratulate Etienne on their union, indicating that Cora knew all along – a move she has since dismissed as “pathetic” and ‘illegal’. .
Cora has since accused Ralf of lying in a television interview in which he claimed she had blocked his number and social media profiles.
It was recently said that she was seeking further clarification on her ex-husband’s claim and had instructed her legal team to send a letter to Ralf’s lawyers stating that the accusation was false.
Ralf, Cora and their son David – now 22 – used to live together in a five-bedroom villa in Hallwang, 16 kilometers north of Salzburg.
That property is now being offered for sale by Marlies Muhr Real Estate, where the asking price is currently €4.85 million, which is the equivalent of £4.07 million.
German Ralf and Austrian Cora were married for fourteen years before they divorced in 2015
Ralf (pictured left in 2001) is the brother of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher (right)
It is not the first time that the property has been on the market. It was offered by two real estate agents in 2016, when the asking price was €3.85 million
According to BILthe house proved difficult to sell last time due to its proximity to a busy main road, which was said to be very noisy.
Despite this, Cora apparently wanted to stay and raise David there. But Ralf reportedly insisted she leave after their divorce in 2015.
According to the latest listing, the house – described as a ‘fairytale villa’ – was built in 2001 and is in an ‘idyllic location in Hallwang / Mayrwies, close to the town, next to a charming stream.’
It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a large garden, ample parking for 10 cars and two swimming pools – one indoor and one outdoor.
Cora was furious when she saw the new building and the photos of her former parental home.
She responded on Instagram on Friday when she wrote: ‘It’s a shame to try again (and by that I do NOT mean the media) to distort the facts and put me in the wrong light.
‘The photos of the house circulated on real estate pages about ten years ago, when Ralf Schumacher was already trying to sell the house – without having to rely on discreet marketing! If this had happened, these photos wouldn’t be on the Internet today! So anyone looking for who is responsible should rather turn to my ex-husband.’
Ralf’s niece recently got married in another luxury villa. Gina Schumacher – the daughter of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher – married her boyfriend Iain Bethke at the family’s luxury home in Mallorca, which they bought for £27 million in 2017.
Guests were reportedly not allowed to bring their phones to the wedding, amid reports that Michael was in attendance. The 55-year-old has all but disappeared from public life since his life-changing skiing incident in 2013, which left him in a devastating coma.
A statement released nearly a year after the accident told fans that he was no longer in a coma and was “continuing a long phase of rehabilitation,” but few details about his condition have been revealed since.