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Judge says Ecclestone paid bribe
A London court verdict on Thursday was both good and bad news for F1's embattled chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.
Constantin Medien's $140 million damages claim was dismissed by the judge, but Justice Guy Newey announced in his verdict that 83-year-old Briton Ecclestone had been "corrupt".
It is a major blow to Ecclestone, who later this year will face jail, and certainly the end of his long reign over the sport, if found similarly guilty of paying a bribe by German prosecutors during a criminal trial.
"The payments were a bribe," Thursday's verdict read, adding that Ecclestone's agreement with jailed former F1 banker Gerhard Gribkowsky was "corrupt"....
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