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Ecclestone: I've always said I was innocent

Bernie Ecclestone remains king of Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone is going straight back to work after agreeing a $100 million deal to end his bribery trial in Munich. Amid high controversy and suggestions Formula 1′s major stakeholders and his employer CVC might not be happy with Tuesday's news, it was confirmed that the outcome of the court proceedings is that the 83-year-old is a 'free man'. 'There was no conclusion on guilt or innocence of the defendant,' said a court spokeswoman. 'He is leaving this courtroom a free man.' Briton Ecclestone, Formula 1′s chief executive and ‘supremo' who has been working only part-time for months amid the trial, headed straight from Munich...
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