Max Mosley Seeks French Ban on Orgy Video

The video was temporarily removed before subsequently being restored after a court refused to issue an order blocking it.

World motorsport chief Max Mosley has filed legal action in Paris to prevent a video showing him in what has been described as a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes being accessed via the Internet in France.

According to legal filings seen by Reuters on Thursday, Mosley, the subject of lurid allegations by the British newspaper News of the World has also asked for paper copies of the newspaper publishing the images in France to be seized.

The request is scheduled to be examined by a judge in Paris on Friday morning and a judgment is expected either on the same day or early next week.

The News of the World published a front-page story last month with photographs it said showed Mosley in a sado-masochistic orgy with prostitutes dressed as concentration camp prisoners.

The newspaper also published a video on its website showing Mosley with the prostitutes.

The video was temporarily removed before subsequently being restored after a court refused to issue an order blocking it.

Mosley, head of the International Automobile Federation, has denied any Nazi connotations and is claiming unlimited damages against the News of the World. He has resisted calls to resign as head of the FIA.

His lawyer Philippe Ouakrat said his client was claiming protection under French privacy laws that are more restrictive than British legislation.

In addition to the ban on broadcasting the video, he is also seeking 25,000 euros ($39,900) in damages for each offence.

Mosley's father Oswald was the founder of the pre-World War Two British Union of Fascists.