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Mosley felt 'humiliated' by revelations

FIA president Max Mosley claims in court papers obtained by autosport.com that the revelations published in the News of the World about his private life were 'demeaning and humiliating'

Mosley is suing the British tabloid newspaper for a breach of privacy about the report on an orgy he had with prostitutes in March.

In documents filed by his lawyers in April, but only just made public, Mosley lays out his Particulars of Claim to detail the hurt he has suffered because of the News of the World story - and why he thinks they were wrong to prise into his private life.

And although Mosley has admitted before that he was 'embarrassed' by the story, the court papers suggest he was more hurt than previously acknowledged.

"The Claimant (Mosley) suffered grave distress and embarrassment as a result of the Article, and in particular the disclosure of this deeply intrusive and personal material," said the papers, which were signed by Mosley.

"The revelation of the Claimant's most intimate sexual fantasies was seriously demeaning and humiliating. It was also extremely upsetting for his family. In short, this material should never have been published, let alone in a national newspaper."

Mosley also attacks the claims that there was a Nazi element to the orgy - something he has denied from the outset.

The papers add: "The Claimant will also rely upon the Defendant's dishonest fabrication of the 'Nazi' sting, which was conceived as part of a phoney attempt to create some justification for what is (as the Defendant knew full well) a wholly unwarranted intrusion into the Claimant's private life."

Mosley has already vowed to give any damages he wins in the case to charity - although he points that he is seeking 'aggravated' damages because of the likely profits that the News of the World will have made from the publication of the story.

"In all of the above premises, and particularly given the Defendant's deliberate calculation (or so it is to be inferred) that the profits and/or financial or other advantages to be gained from the publication of this material would far outweigh any award of damages which the Claimant might recover in the event that legal action was taken (which was perhaps or might have been viewed as unlikely, since publication would have already happened by the time the Claimant found out), the Claimant is entitled to and claims exemplary, as well as aggravated, damages for the Defendant's outrageous and oppressive conduct as outlined above," said the papers.

Mosley's case is due to be heard in the London courts in July, while he is due to face a vote of confidence at an Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting in Paris on June 3.

The FIA president is believed to be re-filing invasion of privacy actions in France by the end of this week, while similar invasion of privacy actions in Italy and Germany are also being explored by Mosley's counsel.

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