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Ecclestone in Formula 1 bribe probe
I just saw this on the BBC news website. Does anyone know anymore about this?
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it's been rumbling around for a while now, snippets on various news websites and others. It sounds like one of Bernie's routine deals - and is what you and I might think smells of bribery and corruption; a very mystified air will be adopted, a good brief will be wheeled in, flimsy evidence will be challenged and rubbished, a rabbit will be pulled out of a hat, and nothing will come of it.
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HOT READ YA ALL. Ecclestone accused of paying $41m F1 bribe. Must be related to Ol Rupert. source: http://tinyurl.com/3uywf8x (Sydney Morning Herald. July 20, 2011 - 11:30AM) article by Tom Cary. No way is BE going to jail??? The web is a wonderful thing. See if this makes headlines in the US. Just saying. |
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For anyone wondering, my bribe level is quite reasonable. Crate of cider and a Dominos pizza.
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Should a done some more research on my part. This goes back at least to January something or other in 2011. I've noticed that his holiness's activities tend to get buried rather quickly and deeply.
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Bernie is rich enough to have adopted the 'Teflon' syndrome
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Not a good week for 80 year old billionaires.
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Bernie is still as sharp as nails and does all his tricks himself.
He doesn't get his little boy Jimmy to do his dirty work like Rupert does as he rots away. Bernie is still odds on to beat this rap. Yes, yes it looks grim but my money is on Bernie to do a houdini. |
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He's certainly said some strange things, e.g. the Hitler comment, which makes me think he's not all there.
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Bearing in mind that most of the GPs are financed by the public purse in various countries a bribery scandal could pretty well unstitch the whole circus. I'll repeat, this has massive implications! |
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A bit of a twist, as Bernie now 'admits' to the payment.
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could make an interesting grid walk if brundle bumps into bernie on sunday. guessing brundle will be told not to bring it up though.
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Jake interviewed Bernie on BBC today. He denied doing anything wrong and said that he had nothing to worry about, but I thought he seemed very subdued. You can usually rely on Bernie to very combative in these circumstances, but he was not his usual self.
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What am I missing here? "Investors 'worried' by CVC silence over F1 'bribery' scandal".
It has been reported that investors in CVC Capital Partners are beginning to get 'worried' by the lack of communication from F1's majority owners over the current 'bribery' scandal rocking the sport. Bribery scandal. Where and what? Latest source material: http://tinyurl.com/3c4mg48 |
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Doesn't sound like a big deal to me, he paid for private work it is the amount that folks object to. Exactly how did he bribe some one to do what? And it is all aledged retroactively I say pfft. Rich folks with big deals get poopoo ed all the time.
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