F1's Mosley issues writ over claims of Nazi-style sex gamesPure fabrication?
Motor racing chief Max Mosley began legal action against the News of the World yesterday as former British Formula One driver John Watson compared him to Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe in his desire to cling to power.
Lawyers acting for Mosley issued proceedings against the tabloid newspaper for breach of privacy after it accused him of acting out Nazi-themed sex games with five London prostitutes.
Mosley, the president of the FIA, Formula One's governing body, yesterday insisted his behaviour was 'harmless and completely legal'.
But the pressure on him to resign intensified when Watson, who competed in F1 from 1973 to 1985 and finished third in the drivers' championship in 1982, said: 'He has to make the judgment about whether he has to go, or do a Robert Mugabe and fight it out.'
'There's no point in me or anyone else saying he should go. He's the only person who can make himself go. He knows the circumstances. He's an intelligent man, though that was constricted by what he's alleged to have done. If he thinks it's the best for world motorsport, he will go.'
His fate may be influenced by the contents of today's News of the World which, undeterred by Mosley's legal challenge, publishes selected transcripts of Mosley's conversations with the prostitutes during their encounter in a flat in Chelsea, London, 10 days ago.
Mosley, the 67-year-old son of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, has written to the FIA's 222 members worldwide in a bid to save his job after major car manufacturers and some FIA members denounced him as a disgrace who should resign to save the sport's reputation. 'A scandal paper obtained by illegal means pictures of something I did in private which, although unacceptable to some people, was harmless and completely legal. I was the victim of a disgusting conspiracy. It goes without saying that the so-called Nazi element is pure fabrication. This will become crystal clear when the matter comes to trial. The newspaper invented this in order to spice up their story and introduce my family background,' said Mosley, who is seeking 'unlimited damages' from the newspaper.
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