Mosley sues German newspaper, and files another suit against News of World
Having won a privacy suit against the original publication, News of the World, in the London High Court, it emerged on Friday that the FIA president began proceedings in Germany.
Mosley, 68, is seeking $2.35 million from Bild newspaper and its online edition, after the German newspaper echoed the evidently false claim that his prostitute session had a Nazi theme.
Also on Friday, the unnamed prostitute who secretly filmed Mosley broke her silence to back his claim the orgy did not have a Nazi theme.
Known in court only as 'Woman E', the prostitute – who did not testify and whose husband lost his job as an MI5 officer – told Sky News: "It wasn't Nazi."
Mosley's lawyers, meanwhile, confirmed that they have commenced further legal action against News of the World for libel.
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07/25/08 (GMM) Buoyed by his High Court victory this week, Max Mosley could now be considering more legal action against the British scandal newspaper News of the World.
The Times, which like News of the World is owned by Rupert Murdoch's publishing company News International, reported on Friday that Mosley, the FIA president, is considering a libel action.
While Mosley's High Court victory was based on invasion of privacy, subsequent legal action is likely to focus on the evidently false claim that his encounter with five prostitutes earlier this year was a "sick Nazi orgy".
Mosley's lawyers, Steeles Law, refused to comment, the British newspaper The Guardian said.
But a source at the firm said "there would be a time to talk about other things but that time is not now".
It is believed Mosley may also be considering legal action against newspapers that also carried the expose, and claims based on its falsehoods, in France, Germany and Italy.
Mosley on Thursday was awarded $120,000 damages by the London court, but the bill for the News of the World will actually be in excess of half a million, once the 68-year-old Briton's legal costs are factored in.
A successful libel action, meanwhile, could cost Murdoch's company hundreds of thousands of dollars.