F1 chief Mosley loses sex tape court battle

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — A 90-second extract of a video showing Formula One chief Max Mosley taking part in sex games with five prostitutes will be put on a British newspaper's website after Mosley lost an injunction bid Wednesday.

The extract comes from a video which formed the basis for a News of the World story last month headlined: "F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with 5 hookers" and prompted Mosley to launch a legal claim for breach of privacy.

Mosley, president of the International Motoring Federation (FIA), wanted to keep the footage off the Internet before his claim comes to trial in July.

But at London's High Court, judge David Eady said there was little point granting an injunction because the footage was already widely available.

"The dam has effectively...