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“A sadomasochistic orgy with five prostitutes that reportedly involved Nazi role-playing.”

Posted on March 31st, 2008 – 11:39 AM
By Michael Rand

We’ll let that little snippet from the story get us into things. There will be no images used with this story for obvious reasons. And now for the full report (thanks to Roughkat for the tip, story from ESPN.com. Bold is ours, as usual):

Formula One’s governing body kept its distance on Sunday from sexual allegations in a British tabloid newspaper about its president, Max Mosley.

“This is a matter between Mr. Mosley and the paper in question,” an International Automobile Federation (FIA) spokesman said.

“We understand that Mr. Mosley’s lawyers are now in contact with that newspaper and the FIA has no comment.”

The News of the World reported in a front page story that FIA president Mosley, 67, had taken part in a “sadomasochistic orgy” with five prostitutes that reportedly involved Nazi role-playing.

According to a story posted by the London-based Times Online on Monday, Mosley and others “re-enacted a concentration camp scene in which he played the role of both guard and inmate.”

A video was also reportedly posted on the News of the World Web site. A check of the site Monday didn’t find the video in question.

The News of the World printed pictures of a man who appeared to be Mosley, chained over a “torture” bench while being caned by a woman, and said that the acts took place in an apartment near Mosley’s London home on Friday.

British media reports said Mosley paid 2,500 British pounds, which is a little less than $5,000, according to Monday’s conversion rates.

Un-be-lievable. A few things:

1) Eliot Spitzer might have found a new job.

2) How do you play both guard an inmate? Hey, that’s a legitimate question.

3) How on earth is he not going to lose his job?

30 Responses to "“A sadomasochistic orgy with five prostitutes that reportedly involved Nazi role-playing.”"

Clarence Swamptown says:

March 31st, 2008 at 11:48 am

I always thought Max Mosely sounded like a weirdo when I listen to him on WCCO.

jama says:

March 31st, 2008 at 11:55 am

Client #4 has officially been outed!

Stu says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Jon’s comment about North Dakota hockey in 3…2…1…

Jon says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Stu, I would never make such inappropriate jokes. I’m shocked, yes, shocked.

jama says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:04 pm

Do you think we’ll see that title on the front page of the paper tomorrow?

James Dolan says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:08 pm

How on earth is he not going to lose his job?

I don’t know, this guy sounds like management material to me.

jama says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Was Danica Patrick involved? If so please email the video to jama@DanicaPatrickaintbadtolookat.com

jama says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Via Deadspin: Check out how Matt Leinert in his off season workout. I hope he remembers to wrap it up this time.

http://deadspin.com/373940/matt-leinart-is-taking-his-offseason-film-work-quite-seriously

holt0338 says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Thing is…who cares? This is his own private life. How does this affect his ability to govern a race agency or anything else? Who cares what goes on in his bedroom. It doesn’t affect us so why should anyone besides himself even care?

Danicas Boyfriend says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Danica Patrick?

Get serious. Ugly little thing with the biggest ego ever. I wouldn’t pee on her if she was on fire.

Michael Rand says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pm

Holt: I agree with you, but I also think that said details are so preposterous that they pass the “what the …” test. Also, the Nazi stuff is fairly disconcerting.

Joker says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Jama - If you look closely at that picture, you can see Mark Chmura in the background giving him pointers.

Stu says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:57 pm

Thing is…who cares? This is his own private life. How does this affect his ability to govern a race agency or anything else? Who cares what goes on in his bedroom. It doesn’t affect us so why should anyone besides himself even care?

To a point, that’s correct, so long as the private activity is legal and consensual and his job performance is adequate. However, find me a company that wants to employ or do business with a known Nazi fetishist. This seems more of a case where the letter of the law says he’s in the clear, but common sense says he’s got to go.

Adam says:

March 31st, 2008 at 12:58 pm

Personally, I’ve never understood why people care about others lives. If this guy is in to kinky stuff, then so be it. What he’s doing harms no one that is not involved in the actual act as well the company he works for. If he’s in to, then leave him be. People get FAR too worked up about other people’s business.

bob says:

March 31st, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Hey Adam, You read the story didn’t you??

Jon says:

March 31st, 2008 at 2:20 pm

However, find me a company that wants to employ or do business with a known Nazi fetishist.

Ladies and gentlemen: the University of North Dakota!

(As Stu pointed out earlier, I couldn’t hold off forever.)

Stu says:

March 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pm

Took you long enough.

fasolamatt says:

March 31st, 2008 at 2:46 pm

Afterwards, they had tea together.

Michael Rand says:

March 31st, 2008 at 3:02 pm

I thought about linking to that version and then thought otherwise. But it is priceless, isn’t it?

roughkat says:

March 31st, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Took you long enough.

That’s what she said. Wait, no.

roughkat says:

March 31st, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Question nobody has asked is why he thought it would be a good idea to film this all. I can understand why B list celebs try to release sex tapes for street cred but this falls under the Bad Idea Jeans category me thinks. Call me old fashioned.

I heard another of his films just had 2 hookers and the only prop they had was a single cup. I’m not sure which would be worse for the public to see.

Striderdog says:

March 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm

How’s he not going to lose his job? Er, because last I checked a bizarre sexual appetite has nothing to do with Formula 1 - unless you’re in the US where your job is apparently tied directly to your genitalia.

Maybe it makes him a better leader? (well, okay… )

roughkat says:

March 31st, 2008 at 3:38 pm

I can’t believe someone changed the headline for the homepage. That might have shattered the record for most comments in a thread here. I can only assume it was to prevent the interwebs from breaking again.

Kimi08 says:

March 31st, 2008 at 4:15 pm

The British press are pissed at Mosley because as the FIA head he fined British Mclaren team $250 million and docked their constructor points for the year because of disputed cheating charge. Clearly retribution.

ramon says:

March 31st, 2008 at 5:02 pm

Does anyone else find the price Mr. Mosely paid a tad high?

Rock on old man. But the Nazi thing was a bit much.

Paul S. says:

March 31st, 2008 at 5:07 pm

When are perverts never dressed up as members of the Green Party? More hints of subtle pervasive classism. The game is rigged. It’s a symbol of their ultimate power that the right-wingers who control eveything can don ball-gags - and gain power through their silence and control us all with their minds.

calvin says:

March 31st, 2008 at 5:24 pm

Who cares ? It’s his own “fetish”, in a private dwelling, with paid prostitutes (legal in UK), all of whom must have consented. No big deal, except to those who feel that it’s best to control everyone and everything. It has nothing to do with how he runs a business. Nazi stuff ? Odd, but again, doesn’t affect anyone else.

Live and let live, people.

Jackdaw says:

March 31st, 2008 at 7:14 pm

His father Oswald founded the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s, so I’m assuming the Nazi stuff was an inherited enthusiasm.

Stu says:

March 31st, 2008 at 8:53 pm

The British press are pissed at Mosley because as the FIA head he fined British Mclaren team $250 million and docked their constructor points for the year because of disputed cheating charge. Clearly retribution.

That’s a Mad Lib, right?

Nick says:

April 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pm

Let he who has never been tied down and spanked by prostitutes dressed in nazi uniforms cast the first stone.