Beleaguered
FIA president
Max Mosley has claimed that the revelations made about his private life have left him 'embarrassed and humiliated#.
Mosley, who faces a vote of confidence in an extraordinary general assembly meeting at FIA headquarters in Paris next week, has taken legal action against Britain's
News of the World 'paper for breach of privacy after it's front-page story back in March that accused the FIA chief of being involved in a 'sadomasochistic Nazi sex orgy' with five prostitutes.
Ahead of the FIA meeting, papers have been released by lawyers in advance of Mosley's case against the
News of the World in which the 67-year-old claims that the story 'should never have been published' and again denied that there was any Nazi element to what occurred.
"The Claimant suffered grave distress and embarrassment as a result of the article, and in particular the disclosure of this deeply intrusive and personal material," the papers, which were filed in early April, read. "The revelation of the Claimant's most intimate sexual fantasies was seriously demeaning and humiliating. It was also extremely upsetting for his family. In short, this material should never have been published, let alone in a national newspaper.
"The Claimant will also rely upon the Defendant's dishonest fabrication of the 'Nazi' sting, which was conceived as part of a phoney attempt to create some justification for what is (as the Defendant knew full well) a wholly unwarranted intrusion into the Claimant's private life."
The revelation of the court papers comes with another member of the
Formula 1 paddock reportedly emerging as a candidate to replace Mosley should he be forced to relinquish his role following next weeks vote.
Although former
Ferrari team boss Jean Todt has long been lauded as the favourite for the post, Toro Rosso co-owner – and former Ferrari driver – Gerhard Berger is believed to be a more popular option as one of the most widely respected figures in the paddock.
