- Ralf Schumacher appears to have put a villa in Austria up for sale for £4m
- His ex-wife Cora reacted to finding the listing online by venting her fury 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 back in 2015 after 14 years of marriage but they have been involved in a bitter row since then after Ralf came out as gay earlier this year.
Ralf – who is the brother of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher – revealed in July that he was in a relationship with his French business manager Etienne.
Soon 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 during the marriage. I feel like I’ve wasted my best years. I ask myself many questions. Was he honest with me?’
Ralf Schumacher (right) and ex-wife Cora (left) pictured in 2007 – six years after they married
German Ralf and Austrian Cora were married for 14 years before they got divorced in 2015
Ralf (pictured left in 2001) is the brother of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher (right)
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 decried as ‘pathetic’ and ‘illegal’.
Cora has since accused Ralf of lying in a television interview where he claimed she had blocked his number and social media profiles.
She was recently said to be 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 allegation was false.
Ralf, Cora and their son David – who is now 22 – used to live together in a five-bedroom villa in Hallwang, 10 miles north of Salzburg.
That property is now being listed for sale by Marlies Muhr Real Estate, where the asking price is currently €4.85million, which is the equivalent of £4.07m.
This is not the first time that the property has been on the market. It was listed by two agents in 2016, when the asking price was €3.85m
A villa in Austria where Ralf and Cora used to live together has been listed for sale online
The property’s asking price is over £4m – significantly more than the last time it was listed
Ralf and Cora’s former family home – which was built in 2001 – has an indoor swimming pool
There is another swimming pool situated outdoors in the five-bed property’s large garden
According to BILD, the home proved hard to sell last time because of its proximity to a busy main road, which is said to be very noisy.
Despite this, Cora apparently wanted to stay and raise David there. But Ralf reportedly insisted that she leave following their divorce in 2015.
According to the latest listing, the home – described as a ‘fairytale villa’ – was built in 2001 and is in an ‘idyllic location in Hallwang / Mayrwies, close to the city, next to a charming stream.’
It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a large garden, enough parking space for 10 cars and two swimming pools – one inside and one outside.
Cora was furious after spotting the new listing and the photos of her former family home.
She reacted by taking to Instagram on Friday when she wrote: ‘It’s a shame to try again, (and by that I do NOT mean the media) twisting the facts and throwing me into a wrong light.
‘The photos of the house were circulating on real estate pages about ten years ago, when Ralf Schumacher already tried to sell the house – without relying on discreet marketing! Had this happened, these pictures would not be on the internet today! So those looking for who is responsible, should turn to my ex-husband sooner.’
Ralf’s niece recently got married at another luxury villa. Gina Schumacher – who is the daughter of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher – tied the knot with her boyfriend Iain Bethke at the family’s luxury Majorca home, which they bought for £27million in 2017.
Guests were reportedly banned from taking their phones to the wedding amid reports Michael was present. The 55-year-old has been virtually missing from public life since his life-changing skiing incident in 2013, which put him in a devastating coma.
A statement released nearly a year after the accident told fans he was no longer in a coma and was ‘continuing a long phase of rehabilitation’, but few details of his condition have been revealed since.
