Two men detained over Michael Schumacher family blackmail claims

Michael Schumacher (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)

Two men who allegedly tried blackmailing the family of Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher were detained earlier this month, German prosecutors have said.

Prosecutors in the western German city of Wuppertal said the suspects told employees of the family that they were in possession of files that the family would not want to be published, German news agency dpa reported.