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| Mosley session 'not hanky-spanky' | |
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| Motorsport boss Max Mosley has tried to make a sadomasochistic sex session with five women sound like "nothing more than hanky-spanky", a court has heard. | Motorsport boss Max Mosley has tried to make a sadomasochistic sex session with five women sound like "nothing more than hanky-spanky", a court has heard. |
| In his closing speech to the High Court, Mark Warby, for the News of the World, said witnesses had attempted to make it sound "like a worthy activity". | In his closing speech to the High Court, Mark Warby, for the News of the World, said witnesses had attempted to make it sound "like a worthy activity". |
| Mr Mosley, 68, is suing the Sunday newspaper for breach of privacy. | Mr Mosley, 68, is suing the Sunday newspaper for breach of privacy. |
| It alleged a "sick" Nazi-themed orgy had taken place, but he disputes the paper's portrayal of events. | It alleged a "sick" Nazi-themed orgy had taken place, but he disputes the paper's portrayal of events. |
| The paper's story was based on a secret video from one of the women who took part in the sex session in a rented flat in Chelsea, south-west London, in March. | The paper's story was based on a secret video from one of the women who took part in the sex session in a rented flat in Chelsea, south-west London, in March. |
| Mr Warby said in court that witnesses had talked of "meetings" or "parties" and were uncomfortable using the word "brutal". | Mr Warby said in court that witnesses had talked of "meetings" or "parties" and were uncomfortable using the word "brutal". |
| 'Grotesque and depraved' | |
| He said in the evidence for Mr Mosley there had been an attempt "to present it as some kind of worthy activity attended by the most strict health and safety precautions as though it was all being carried out under the guidance of the Bondage and Sadomasochism Regulatory Authority. | He said in the evidence for Mr Mosley there had been an attempt "to present it as some kind of worthy activity attended by the most strict health and safety precautions as though it was all being carried out under the guidance of the Bondage and Sadomasochism Regulatory Authority. |
| "It was even compared with cowboys and Indians, as though it was nothing more than a dressing-up party for grown-ups. | "It was even compared with cowboys and Indians, as though it was nothing more than a dressing-up party for grown-ups. |
| "There was an attempt, we suggest quite deliberately, to turn it all into some kind of farce, or to make it sound like a tremendous giggle." | "There was an attempt, we suggest quite deliberately, to turn it all into some kind of farce, or to make it sound like a tremendous giggle." |
| The newspaper's case was that the events were "truly grotesque and depraved", he added. | The newspaper's case was that the events were "truly grotesque and depraved", he added. |
| Mr Mosley is president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the governing body for sports such as Formula 1, and the son of the 1930s Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. | |
| He has told the court the publicity has been "totally devastating" for his wife of 48 years, and he could think of "nothing more undignified or humiliating" for his two sons to experience. | |
| He is asking for an unprecedented award of punitive exemplary damages. |