PARIS (Reuters) -
World motorsport chief Max Mosley has
filed legal action in Paris to prevent a video showing him in
what has been described as a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes
being accessed via the Internet in France.
According to legal filings seen by Reuters on Thursday,
Mosley, the subject of lurid allegations by the British
newspaper News of the World has also asked for paper copies of
the newspaper publishing the images in France to be seized.
The request is scheduled to be examined by a judge in Paris
on Friday morning and a judgment is expected either on the same
day or early next week.
The News of the World published a front-page story last
month with photographs it said showed Mosley in a
sado-masochistic orgy with prostitutes dressed as concentration
camp prisoners.
The newspaper also published a video on its website showing
Mosley with the prostitutes.
The video was temporarily removed before subsequently being
restored after a court refused to issue an order blocking it.
Mosley, head of the International Automobile Federation,
has denied any Nazi connotations and is claiming unlimited
damages against the News of the World. He has resisted calls to
resign as head of the FIA.
His lawyer Philippe Ouakrat said his client was claiming
protection under French privacy laws that are more restrictive
than British legislation.
In addition to the ban on broadcasting the video, he is
also seeking 25,000 euros ($39,900) in damages for each
offence.
Mosley's father Oswald was the founder of the pre-World War
Two British Union of Fascists.
(Reporting by Thierry Leveque; writing by James Mackenzie;
editing by Trevor Huggins)
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