{"id":718256,"date":"2026-06-06T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718256\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:00:13","slug":"australian-racing-driver-joey-mawson-cleared-of-raping-michael-schumacher-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718256\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian racing driver Joey Mawson cleared of raping Michael Schumacher nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Australian racing driver<\/a> accused of raping a Michael Schumacher nurse has been cleared.<\/p>\n

Joey Mawson was accused of raping the nurse twice<\/a> following a night of heavy drinking at the F1 legend\u2019s family mansion in Switzerland in 2019.<\/p>\n

The alleged incident happened in an upstairs bedroom at the F1 legend\u2019s family home in Gland, near Geneva.<\/p>\n

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While admitting he had sex with the nurse, Mawson (a friend of Schumacher\u2019s son, Mick) denied the allegations and said the sex was consensual.<\/p>\n

Now a Swiss court has acquitted Mawson on all charges.<\/p>\n

\"JoeyJoey Mawson, a friend of Mick Schumacher, has always denied he raped the nurse. Credit: AAP\/Getty<\/p>\n

The court said there was \u201cinsufficient evidence\u201d for a conviction. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a just verdict. He can finally make plans for the future now that his name has been cleared,\u201d Mawson\u2019s lawyer, Luc Vaney, told BILD. <\/p>\n

The nurse was reportedly in tears after the court\u2019s decision and later issued a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel terrible. First I was attacked, then I was sacked and now the court has basically said I am a liar,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been through hell these last six years and the court decides not to convict, saying there was reasonable doubt, but no one can believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mawson rose through the ranks of European single-seater series alongside Mick Schumacher before returning home during COVID.<\/p>\n

He won the Australian drivers\u2019 championship twice and was hoping to switch to Supercars when he was suspended for an anti-doping violation.<\/p>\n

– With 7NEWS.com.au<\/p>\n

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