An officer in the British Security Service agency MI5 has been forced to resign after admitting his wife was one of the prostitutes who took part in the orgy with FIA president Max Mosley, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
“This is an astonishing piece of information, which I will pass on to my legal advisers,” Max “The Littlest Perv” Mosley said Saturday night.
The newspaper claims that the officer, who cannot be named for security reasons, left the service last month following the revelation that his wife was one of five prostitutes involved in the orgy at the centre of the News of the World expose.
Amid suggestions from Mosley that he was set-up by unnamed figures, however, MI5 has strongly denied it was involved in a sting.
“Any suggestion that the service was involved in setting up Mosley is total nonsense,” a senior Whitehall official told the Sunday Times.
The official added: “I cannot talk about individual cases, but we do expect high standards of behaviour from all staff at all times, both professionally and privately. In any case where a member of staff is believed to have fallen below those standards, action will be taken.”
Mosley is facing a confidence vote in his position as president at an FIA General Assembly meeting on June 3, and wrote to the presidents of the national automobile clubs last week warning them the sport’s governing body could lose control of F1 if he is forced out.
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Stew wrote,
Something doesn’t add up here. Things are getting pretty muddy and there may be a lot more to this than we first thought. Who knows?
Link | May 18th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
peterg wrote,
I’m still getting over Max’s letter to FIA delegates that claims voting him out now could lead to dire consequences & that he is the only person capable of leading the FIA at this crucial time of negotiations.
That alone demonstrates his warped sense of self importance & lust for power.His complete refusal to accept that he has done anything wrong wrong & that this type of behaviour (beating prostitutes)stikes him from being the head of a global body is exactly why he MUST be removed.
How he was caught out, whether dark conspiracy or a hooker accepting payment from NOTW is in no way relevant to the subject. HE WAS CAUGHT OUT! It’s now in the public domain, it can’t be put back in the bottle. 3 F1 host nations have objected to his attendance & now Monaco has the FIA playing hide your president from our sight.Combine that with 4 automotive manufacturers objecting to his position - & being chastised by Max for not consulting with him first - & it is obvious to all, but Max, that his position is untenable.
I am now of the opinion that Max’s smoke screen of invasion of privacy & now this MI5 angle may see him hold on to the presidency & retire at a time of his choosing.
This entire episode has proven that the upper eschelons of F1, namely Max at the FIA & Bernie as the commercial rights holder, need a major overhaul.
Link | May 19th, 2008 at 3:06 am
F1Wolf wrote,
still more than 2 weeks to go before the FIA meeting, enough time for some more fun left. so what will come out next ?
Link | May 19th, 2008 at 9:59 am