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Mosley sees no reason to resign
20 April 2008Speaking publicly for the first time since the scandal over his private life erupted, FIA president Max Mosley has defended his decision not to resign, saying there is no reason to. Mosley insists that his private sexual exploits have no impact on his ability to run the FIA.
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph newspaper in the UK, Mosley admitted to eccentricity in his private life and to an interest in sado-masochistic sex and insisted that his activities in London with five prostitutes were legal and harmless.
"I think most adults would say that whatever in that spectrum somebody does, provided it doesn't hurt anybody, provided it's consensual, provided it's among adults, provided it's in private, it concerns nobody but the people doing it," Mosley said.
However, matters did not remain private after the News of the World newspaper ran a front page headline, "F1 boss has sick Nazi orgy with five hookers" three weeks ago when it broke the scandal.
In the interview Mosley admitted his wife, Jean, was not 'best pleased' with the revelations and that they had been 'appallingly embarrassing' for his family, including two grown-up children.
Mosley intends to address the meeting of the FIA general assmbly in Paris on 3 June where his future will be decided by a secret vote. The FIA president wants to continue until his current term as president ends in 2009.
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