Mosley returns to the spotlight as the London High Court hearings begin. (LAT Photo)
The court case of Max Mosley against British tabloid News of the World began today in London’s High Court, as the FIA has filed a breach-of-privacy lawsuit against the publication.
Mosley’s main point of contention is the tabloid’s allegations that he was involved in “Nazi” role-playing in the video exposed by the newspaper, which depicts the FIA president in a sex session with several prostitutes.
"I can think of few things more unerotic than Nazi role play", Mosley was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "It also has associations for me in other ways which would make it even less interesting,” added the Brit, who is the son of English fascist leader Oswald Mosley.
"All my life, I have had hanging over me my antecedents, my parents, and the last thing I want to do in some sexual context is be reminded of it. I wouldn't consider my parents to be Nazi but there is obviously a link.
"There was not even a hint of [Nazi behavior] - certainly not in my mind and, I'm convinced, not in the minds of any of the other participants. It simply didn't arise."
Further, Mosley’s attorney James Price accused the tabloid of a “gross and indefensible intrusion” on the FIA president’s private life.
"To hide a listening device or hidden camera in someone's bedroom in order to spy on them having sex violates a basic human taboo," he said. "The claimant's life has been devastated by the reports. The humiliation is of the highest order."
