Max Mosley knew there were moves afoot to uncover some salacious aspects about his private life, two months before the News of the World’s damning front page exposé entitled F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers’, it has been claimed.
The disgraced FIA President – who earlier this month controversially won a vote of confidence in the FIA Senate on his future capability to rule the sport – was warned by long-time friend, ally and business associate Bernie Ecclestone that people had been hired to discredit him with an ‘unlimited budget’ to dig up some dirt, The Times has revealed.
Bernie Ecclestone was informed back in the third week of January – more than two months prior to the News of the World’s front page splash – that Mosley was being targeted. He was notified by Dean Attew, a co-founder of London-based corporate intelligence company Titon International – in partnership with Major-General John Holmes, a former director of the UK Special Forces – and a man who used to work closely with Ecclestone for four years until 2004 and has in the past also advised Mosley.
“In January this year I received a call from a friend,” Attew said in an interview with The Times. “We had a meeting and I was approached and told there was an open budget to effectively go out and source material that would bring Max to his knees and, more importantly, remove him from office and discredit him publicly.
“During the conversation I said to the guy, ‘What’s your budget?’ and he said, ‘It’s an open budget,’ and I said, ‘Okay, be specific here, are you after Max, are you after the FIA or are you after Bernie?’ They then went back and they came back a little while later and said, ‘We are not going to pursue it for the time being’.
“When I sat down with Bernie I said to him, ‘Is there anything anyone is going to find out about Max?’” Attew continued. “And Bernie said, ‘Dean, you are not going to find anything because there’s nothing there – he’s Mr Boring in that sense’. Mosley had kept this a good secret.”
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peterg wrote,
I dont care if it was the CIA or the Martians - I still maintain that the hooker was happy to make a buck of NOTW - but who cares, he got caught.
He rang, he made the booking, he paid for it, he turned up (& don’t tell me this was the first time for Max).
Besides, Max justified the whole thing under the banner of, conscenting adults, a sex life that is eccentric, & it’s his private life & nothing to do with his job performance.
He can hardly cry foul after calling his behaviour harmless, & insisting that it had no bearing on his office.
Link | June 29th, 2008 at 5:15 am
peterg wrote,
Is this Dean Attew of Titon International to be trusted?
He only told Berie AFTER the prospective client declined to persue the matter. So what is he saying? If the client had put up the cash he would have accepted the commission?
BTW,if it were your intention to destroy Max, why would seek out the services of a guy who - ” used to work closely with Ecclestone for four years until 2004 and has in the past also advised Mosley.”
Further, has he not just wrecked his credibilty in keeping clients wishes confidential, he has just admitted he can’t keep a secret or respect the confidentiality of any prospective client.Sounds like b/s to me.
Link | June 29th, 2008 at 5:24 am