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Women deny Mosley 'Nazi theme' | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
Two women who took part in a sadomasochistic session with motorsport boss Max Mosley have denied there was any Nazi-themed role-play. | |
Instead, the witnesses - called "D" and "A" - told the High Court that what had happened had been a "prison fantasy". | |
Mr Mosley is taking legal action against the News of the World which alleged he had engaged in a "sick Nazi orgy with five hookers". | Mr Mosley is taking legal action against the News of the World which alleged he had engaged in a "sick Nazi orgy with five hookers". |
He is suing the newspaper for defamation and invasion of privacy. | He is suing the newspaper for defamation and invasion of privacy. |
'Offensive' description | |
Woman D, a dark-haired student in her 20s who cannot be identified, said the paper's account of what had happened on March 28 in a Chelsea basement flat was "absurd". | |
She told the court: "I am particularly appalled at the accusations that our scenarios had any Nazi connotation or overtones. No Nazi images, uniforms or material were used." | |
I had never had lice-checking before but went with the flow. I didn't find it particularly erotic Max Mosley | I had never had lice-checking before but went with the flow. I didn't find it particularly erotic Max Mosley |
She also found "offensive" the description of her and the other women involved as "hookers and prostitutes". | |
On March 28, she said, she felt she was "amongst friends, doing something I enjoy and all those involved enjoy". | |
She added: "I would rather be doing CP (corporal punishment) a long way over going to the dentist." | |
She said she had known Mr Mosley for about 18 months, having met him at a party arranged by Woman A. She was introduced to him as "Mike". | |
"Since that first experience with the claimant I have seen him a number of times and we have forged a friendship," she said. | |
Cross-examined by Mr Mosley's barrister, Woman D denied that she was "financially dependent" on Mr Mosley, who is president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA). | |
'It is just fun' | |
Woman A told the court she had been involved in BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance and submission) all her adult life. | |
She said: "When I am being dealt with, just as when I deal with others, there is no maliciousness or anger involved - it is just fun, exciting, an endorphin rush." | |
Referring to Woman E, who talked to the News of the World and filmed the events with a hidden camera, she said she "was one of my closest friends before she betrayed me so horribly by going to the newspaper about Mike (Mr Mosley)". | |
Woman A described an earlier German prison scenario on March 8 as "hugely sexy and fun", and said she did not view it in any way as Nazi. | |
'Strong Nazi theme' | |
She denied she had told Woman E that the March 28 session, for which the five women were paid £2,500 by Mr Mosley, would have a "very strong Nazi theme", or that "Mike" ordered one. | |
"I would not contemplate putting on such scenes which I would find distasteful and I would expect most people to be disgusted at the suggestion of a Nazi theme and respond similarly." | |
Woman A said the German theme arose after they heard Woman B speaking to Mr Mosley in German at a party at the beginning of the year. | |
Had I wanted a Nazi scene, I would have said I wanted one and A would have got some of the inexpensive Nazi stuff from the joke shop Max Mosley | |
"We said 'that's really sexy and horny and wouldn't it be great if we did a scenario like that', and then it went from there." | |
Shown a black and white striped top and trousers, and asked if this was the uniform she had purchased for the "prisoners", Woman A laughed out loud and said: "Is this the one? I'm not going to try it on." | |
She denied that the costumes - hired from a joke shop - had been intended to replicate concentration camp uniforms, as the newspaper suggested. | |
'Abhorrent' | |
Earlier Mr Mosley said that at no time did he or Woman A, who arranged "parties" like the one on March 28, ever use the word Nazi in their discussions. | |
He said that a Nazi theme would have been "abhorrent" to him. | He said that a Nazi theme would have been "abhorrent" to him. |
Mr Mosley also denied the convict uniforms worn during the session had a Nazi theme. | |
He said: "Had I wanted a Nazi scene, I would have said I wanted one and A would have got some of the inexpensive Nazi stuff from the joke shop that provides uniforms and would not have gone to Marks and Spencer and got quite expensive jackets." | He said: "Had I wanted a Nazi scene, I would have said I wanted one and A would have got some of the inexpensive Nazi stuff from the joke shop that provides uniforms and would not have gone to Marks and Spencer and got quite expensive jackets." |
Mr Mosley told Mark Warby QC, for the News of the World, that the head-lice checking and shaving involved in the scenario was "the kind of thing these people do all the time". | Mr Mosley told Mark Warby QC, for the News of the World, that the head-lice checking and shaving involved in the scenario was "the kind of thing these people do all the time". |
He said: "I had never had lice-checking before but went with the flow. I didn't find it particularly erotic." | He said: "I had never had lice-checking before but went with the flow. I didn't find it particularly erotic." |
'Harsh-sounding' | 'Harsh-sounding' |
Mr Mosley, the 68-year-old son of the 1930s Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, agreed that he had spoken in German during the session. | |
But he said this was not for any war-related reasons, but because it was a language that suited his dominant role. | But he said this was not for any war-related reasons, but because it was a language that suited his dominant role. |
He said: "German also somehow sounds appropriate for a bossy, dominant character. It is a harsh-sounding - rather than a romantic - language." | |
Mr Mosley says that his life was devastated by the News of the World story and is asking for an unprecedented award of punitive exemplary damages. | Mr Mosley says that his life was devastated by the News of the World story and is asking for an unprecedented award of punitive exemplary damages. |
News Group Newspapers, which published the News of the World, is contesting the action, arguing that publication was justified in the public interest. | News Group Newspapers, which published the News of the World, is contesting the action, arguing that publication was justified in the public interest. |