ATL International: ‘We were just role-playing a German prison, not a Nazi German prison.’
British barrister Max Mosley is the president of the International Automobile Federation (F.I.A.). When he’s not overseeing Formula One, he’s into sadomasochistic sex play. Unfortunately for him, a $5,000 “party” that he arranged was caught on hidden cameras by News of the World, a British tabloid. The encounter, now on YouTube, involved German prison guards and lots of spanking.
Mosley is now seeking punitive damages from News of the World for invasion of privacy — and for giving the story a Nazi spin. Such suits are almost never a good move from a PR-standpoint, since the trial brings even more attention to the source of embarrassment. Now every one from the New York Times to ESPN is reporting on it.
Taking the witness stand at the start of a two-week High Court hearing, Mosley said he had paid $5,000 for the “party,” but insisted no Nazi fantasies were involved. The News of the World said participants wore German-style uniforms and spoke in German as they acted out scenes involving prisoners and guards.Mosley said he and the women had acted out a German prison scenario, but without any military aspect.
Next time, Mosley should probably stick to British prison scenarios, to avoid the possible Nazi confusion.
The Nazi allegations are especially sensitive because Mosley is the son of the late Oswald Mosley, leader of Britain’s fascist movement before World War II and a friend of Adolf Hitler.“There was not even a hint of that,” Mosley said of the Nazi claims. He said he could “think of few things more unerotic than Nazi role-play.”
But, apparently, having a prison guard tell him to bend over a bench does the trick. More salacious details, after the jump.
While the New York Times article talks a bit about the privacy aspect, it also has fun with the juicy details emerging from the trial:
On Tuesday, he was supported by four of the five women involved, each granted anonymity by the court and each of them presenting sadomasochism as something quite normal. Mr. Mosley testified on Monday that the caning he underwent in the session had drawn blood, but he said that people engaging in frequent canings developed sensitive skin and “bleed very easily.”One of the women involved in the Chelsea session, identified only as Miss D and introducing herself to the court as a doctoral student at a British university, said being caned was “certainly not everybody’s cup of tea,” but was enjoyable for her. The woman, who appeared to be in her early 30s, added, “I’d rather do this by far than go to the dentist.”
The dentist is just the sadomasochism without the sex, so that’s no fun.
Mosley lawyer: Privacy surrounding sex life should be respected [AP, via ESPN]
Trial About Privacy in Which None Remains [New York Times]
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Erste!
Guys in my high school .... oh never mind
yawn... report something new, Lat. Stop with the recycling of old garbage when some new "development" occurs.
9:32 - I just assumed it was Lat who screwed up here. Oh well... Kash - just because some lardo socially retarded 0Ls think you're hawt doesn't mean you get to pull this crap, nor does being in the Orient.
Kash, why don't you make this interesting by calling Gandolfo DiBlasi at Sullivan and Cromwell or Stephen Best at Dewey & LeBoeuf to get their opinions on the case? That would be newsworthy.
http://abovethelaw.com/2007/03/brokeback_lawfirm_more_on_sc_a.php
http://abovethelaw.com/2007/12/dewey_leboeuf_a_bunch_of_nazis.php
I hate that this is considered "news" -- not just here, but by the NYT?
Who cares about other people's sex lives? Just b/c they are lawyers? As far as I can tell, this was all between consenting competent adults who just happen to enjoy something the rest of the world considers kinky, and thus is completely irrelevant.
It's almost 10:00 and this is the only post?
Where is Lynndie England when you need her?
I hate that the man's personal sexual relations between consenting adults is somehow worse than others.
So what if it were a Nazi scenario? How many people enjoy "taboo" sexual fantasies and realities far away from prying eyes? Please. You can find hundreds of websites devoted to niche areas of the sexual psyche, including Nazi porn. Just because you enjoy such a scenario does not mean you are a Nazi, just as a person who enjoys being tied up in his/her sex life does not make them a controlled, subservient person.
what's the difference between a dentist and a sadomasochist?
the sadomasochist has better magazines!
and yeah,950's got it right: people should mind their own business; there's not even a suggestion that anything was non-consensual or illegal here.
Who among us hasn't paid hefty sums of money to enjoy forced submission at the hands of pseudo-German dominatrices?
My my, so much hostility in here!
It sounds like everyone has a case of the Mondays.
His father could have been a great dictator if the English had given him half a chance. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM7K5-zdLi0
When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?
FRAT STUD, where are you when we need you?
Huh. I thought he was the one doing the bending and spanking.
And while I agree that people's private lives should not be the subject of news, this became legal news when he sued. He obviously doesn't care if it gets publicized more. It was all over the British press already, so he had nothing to lose.
I don't think guys in my high school used to do this all the time. If they had, it would have been a big deal.
Yawn.
The girls needed to improve their German accents, something akin to Hogan's Heroes.
HoooooGAAAAAAN!
Kerle an meiner Highschool benutzt, um bei den Nazidominatrices ständig einzureichen. Es war keine große Sache.
Well said, 2:45 (2).
By the way, Kash, what were you doing in London? I thought you were in HK. At least they gave you immunity to testify.
Hey, just kidding at 3:23, Kash. I know you would have blogged it if you'd been there.