Mosley trying to trivialise 'depraved' Nazi orgy, paper tells court

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Motor racing boss Max Mosley is attempting to present a "grotesqueand depraved" Nazi-themed orgy as a bit of harmlesssado-masochistic slap and tickle, a newspaper lawyer told a courtMonday.
The News of the World is defending its colourful story about asex-session caught on camera involving the president of world motorsport's governing body the FIA (Federation Internationale del'Automobile) and five women.
The women, described as prostitutes by the British weekly tabloid,were wearing black jackets, black boots and a black caps and, atone stage during the session, the group acted out a headlice-checking scene.
The 68-year-old FIA chief admits paying the women for the session,which he says centred on a prison fantasy, but denies it had a Nazitheme and accuses Britain's biggest-selling newspaper of a grossintrusion of privacy.
But the tabloid's lawyer Mark Warby, making his closing remarks atthe High Court in London, said Mosley's legal team was trying topretend that what the weekly called a "sick Nazi orgy" was "nothingmore than hanky-spanky".
"There was a general attempt... to present it as some kind ofworthy activity attended by the most strict health and safetyprecautions as though it was all being carried out under theguidance of the Bondage and Sado-masochism Regulatory Authority."
"It was even compared with Cowboys and Indians, as though it wasnothing more than a dressing-up party for grown-ups. There was anattempt... to turn it all into some kind of farce, or to make itsound like a tremendous giggle."
The News of the World argues that the story was one of legitimatepublic interest.
Mosley, the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, a British fascist leader ofthe 1930s, has admitted speaking German during the session, whichtook place in a flat in upmarket Chelsea, west London.
But he said he used the German tongue because the language soundedharsh and suited the role he was playing.
Under cross-examination, News of the World editor Colin Myleradmitted last week that the newspaper had not sought a translationof Mosley's German comments before running the story.
© 2008 AFP
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