News Details

Investigator questions Ecclestone's blackmail claims

A German investigator cast doubt on the credibility of Bernie Ecclestone's assertion he was blackmailed into making a $44 million payment to a Munich banker, telling the Formula One boss' trial on Friday the claim was 'very vague.' Investigator Martin Bauer, who questioned Ecclestone for the case against the banker who accepted the alleged bribe, said Ecclestone was never able to give concrete details to back up his blackmail claim. 'It was all very vague,' Bauer told the Munich state court, the dpa news agency reported. 'Like a vanilla pudding that you can't nail to the wall.' Ecclestone, 83, is accused of making the payment to banker Gerhard Gribkowsky, who is serving an eight and a...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ecclestone returns to Munich as bribery trial resumes

Ecclestone returns to Munich as bribery trial resumes 1 May, 2014 Formula...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ecclestone denies $400 million plea deal to avoid jail

Bernie Ecclestone Under fire Bernie Ecclestone on Friday rubbished reports...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ecclestone back in Munich court for bribery trial

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is back in a Munich court to answer...
11y ago from F1Pulse.com

Ecclestone returns to Munich for continued trial

Bernie Ecclestone is set to return to Munich as his bribery trial resumes....
11y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com

Honda pinpoints potential ‘advantage' ahead of...

Honda technical director Romano Albesiano believes there is one specific...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Arlington – Qualifying Results

25 IndyCar drivers took to the track Saturday afternoon to decide the...

Kyle Kirkwood tip-toes to fastest time in second...

Early Saturday morning, engines roared through the streets of Arlington,...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Carnage in Kenya

Saturday in Kenya saw one of the most dramatic days in recent Safari...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mansfield 1-2 Arsenal: FA Cup fifth round – as it...

sfield gave Arsenal a scare but Eberechi Eze’s stunning strike secured a...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

A star is born - the day Dowman announced himself to...

It was all heading one way for Arsenal. Lacking ideas, lacking intensity -...
4h ago from SkySports.com

Arsenal 2-0 Everton: Premier League – as it happened

Dowman came on to rescue the Gunners and become the youngest scorer in...
4h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.