Munich court accepts bribery case against Ecclestone, trial to start in April

Bernie on his settlement:

http://t.co/0ZN7Ey8tYt

 

Bernie is made of Teflon... nothing ever sticks.

 

Id like to know the true # for all money associated with his payment to Grabo. Im thinking the actual number would astonish a few given the effect of compound interest and the addition of any funds not on the books so to speak.

 

....and cannot be charged again evidently.

 

Difficult to resist adding $100 million to the coffer.

 

Good point as well, what we see in court is normally just the provable tip of the iceberg

 

Judge ends Ecclestone trial after $100m deal | News | Motorsport.com

 

Paying your way out of a bribery suit.

That. Is. Perfect.

 

Don't you just love a happy ending?

 

too bad i was hopping he would be gone for good...he has been slowly killing f.1..with some help from a few others of course....

 

Nothing like being "the man" who openly bribed a Judge during a bribery trial. Everyone's for sale.

 

+1

 

Bought his way into this and bought his way out again.
So, how does his 60m Euros get spent?

 

+1

As for how the money may get spent, I thought this comment from one his attorneys (Sven Thomas) was pretty good;

Awesome!....

Cheers,
Ian
Ecclestone says prosecutors approached him about settling bribery trial - Pitpass.com

 

I doubt that 100 million builds a nice circuit. Didn't Austin cost more like 300 million?

 

I don't give a flying **** about formula one any more.

 

I wish I could give you a good reason to care.

 

Lolo, this **** should hapenned in Portuigal, we have this kind of stuff every week!!
Just last one another bank was robbed by the owner...guess what, nobody will be arrested either...typical...of course it's normal when the goverment and the president belong to a gand deidcated to robb banks.....

 

Bwah, bwah, bwah!.....

If you guys had followed the story, you'd know neither of those statements is close to true.

Seems that as the trial unfolded the prosecutors case was getting weaker & weaker - The 'smoking gun' the judge himself had hoped to see never appeared. Further, it seems that he approached the prosecutors suggesting they better settle this mess or seriously risk losing it all. Hence the offer.

A 100MM (in almost any currency ) is a significant chunk of change, but Bernie can put it behind him and stays in control of his empire. Bavaria gets some $ in the bank and no egg on it's face.

As the Viz noted, " everyone's happy!"

What has this got to do with F1 exactly?

Cheers,
Ian

 

I guess sarcasm & irony are not your strong suits.....

Cheers,
Ian

 

Bernie is Formula 1.

 

Because of how the case went or because of the current cars?

 

I'm not interested in v6's and batteries.

 

Not sure how to respond to that comment.

I think 60 odd years of history, Ferrari ever present, the WCC & WDC's is much more what F1 is than one single guy.

Sure, he's turned it into the most watched sport on the planet outside the WC and Olympics every four years. He's made many folk insanely wealthy & raped a few others along the way.

But overall, I'd have to say he's been good for the sport I love.

Cheers,
Ian

 

You know, neither was Bernie either...... Don't blame him for this mess.

Cheers,
Ian