The lawyer of Michael Schumacher has explained in court the full extent of his client's devastating injuries suffered in a 2013 skiing accident.
Schumacher's family has taken the German magazine Bunte to court over a cover story that claimed the 47-year-old could walk again.
Such a miraculous recovery from injuries that saw Schumacher put in a coma is strongly denied by his family and lawyer Felix Damm has detailed his injuries to the court.
Damm said simply, "He cannot walk," adding Schumacher is unable to stand even with the assistance of therapists.
In the suit against the magazine the Schumacher family argue the right to the motor sport icon's privacy.
A verdict in the case is expected after October. Schumacher is being cared for at his palatial home on the shores of Lake Geneva by full-time staff.
Earlier this year his manager Sabine Kehm said she hoped that Schumacher would "one day be back with us" but in December was forced to deny the Bunte reports he could walk.
Bunte's report featured a comment from an unnamed friend of Schumacher's, who said: "Michael is very thin. But he can once again walk a little with the help of his therapists.
"He manages to make a couple of steps. And he can also raise an arm." Kehm labelled the report as "irresponsible".
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