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Investment firm takes Ecclestone to court over bribery allegations
Bernie Ecclestone will be back in a court of law next October following legal proceedings involving alleged bribery on the part of the former F1 supremo. The case is linked to a previous action undertaken by a German court in 2014 in which Ecclestone was accused of paying German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky 33m euros to ensure that a company he favoured would buy a stake in F1. Mr. E denied the charges at the time, saying that he he had paid the money as Gribkowsky was "shaking him down" – threatening to go to the British Tax authorities over Ecclestone’s tax affairs. Ultimately, the German court agreed to end the trial in exchange of a payment of $100 million to the Bavarian...
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