French police have launched an investigation on the theft case of Michael Schumacher's medical treatment records about his coma from a devastating ski crash in December.
The police said the probe followed the claim from the hospital where the Formula One champion was treated for months after the December crash. Several news media have been offered the files in exchange for $67,000.
Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm stressed that the records are private and confidential and are promised to file suit against any publication.
Police begin tracing the people who might be related to the files and were checking the hospital's computer system to see if it had been hacked.
Schumacher had been treated in a hospital of Grenoble in France after he slammed his head against a rock while skiing. He is now receiving further treatment in Lausanne, Switzerland.