Max Wins

The legal saga of Max Mosley came to a surprising end today, as the beleaguered Formula 1 boss won his breach of privacy lawsuit against British tabloid News of the World. In reaching that ruling, the judge made some very important findings for Mosley's future:

At the High Court, Mr Justice Eady said there was 'no evidence that the gathering on 28 March 2008 was intended to be an enactment of Nazi behaviour or adoption of any of its attitudes. Nor was it in fact.

'I see no genuine basis at all for the suggestion that the participants mocked the victims of the Holocaust.'

The 'bondage, beating and domination' that did take place was 'typical of S&M behaviour', he said.

The Nazi stuff was the most damaging allegation against Mosley in terms of public perception, I think. The S&M stuff would have been quickly ridiculed and forgotten. So give Max credit - were standard operating procedure for such things is to apologize, resign, and skulk off into the shadows, he stood up, refused to admit he did anything wrong, and was vindicated in the end.