Mosley clings to job despite Nazi RPG sex scandal

That is the tenuous position of Max Mosley, the embattled head of auto racing’s world governing body. Mosley is clinging to the presidency of FIA despite a clamor for his resignation because of a scandal involving a sadomasochistic session with prostitutes.

Mosley’s status near the top of the auto racing world has been in jeopardy since The News of the World tabloid reported on March 30 that he engaged in sex acts with five prostitutes in a scenario that involved Nazi role-playing.

Mosley, 67, acknowledged participating in the five-hour sex session, reported to have cost him US$5,000, but he has denied that the sex acts had Nazi overtones. He said the Nazi reports were “pure fabrication” designed to embarrass him because of his family history, and started legal proceedings against the newspaper.

He maintains that his sex session was a private matter and that he would be vindicated when the case against the newspaper comes to trial.

The issue is particularly sensitive to Mosley. He is the son of Sir Oswald Mosley, a disgraced British politician who founded the British Union of Fascists and had close ties to the Nazi leadership in Germany.

Mosley said he was the victim of a “disgusting conspiracy.”

In response, the newspaper’s editors said on Sunday that they would send videotapes of the sex session to motorsport officials looking into the scandal, which has led to Mosley being condemned by leading racing teams and motoring organizations. The video was posted on the newspaper’s Web site when the scandal first broke, but has been withdrawn.

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