F1 Chief Loses Bid to Block Nazi Orgy Video

Formula One president Max Mosley has lost his court battle to block a newspaper from hosting a video showing him cavorting with five prostitutes in a sadomasochistic scene with Nazi undertones. Mosley is suing the News of the World for breach of privacy, but a London judge ruled that, although the footage is "intrusive and demeaning," its wide dissemination would make an injunction "a futile gesture," reports the BBC.

The British newspaper posted the video of Mosley's escapade on March 30, and by the time it was taken down a day later it had been viewed almost 1.5 million times. In today's ruling, the judge explained that the short clip "seemed to consist mainly of people spanking each other's bottoms," although the video "also covers the tea break." (More Max Mosley stories.)