F1’s corruption scandal has taken a fresh twist this week.<\/p>\n
The Financial Times reports that Stephen Mullens, Bernie Ecclestone’s long-term deputy who left formula one a month ago, has failed to appear in Munich as a witness during the bribery trial of Gerhard Gribkowsky.<\/p>\n
He was due to give evidence on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“The court was told Mr Mullens was using his right not to have to answer questions that might cause him to incriminate himself,” read the media report.<\/p>\n
F1 chief executive Ecclestone, who like Mullens is a defendant in a separate civil claim brought by former F1 co-owner Constantin Medien, testified in Munich last week.<\/p>\n
“Mr Gribkowsky was quite sophisticated in shaking me down,” said the 81-year-old.\u00a0 “I’ve got shaken down by a lot of people, but not as subtle as with Mr Gribkowsky.”<\/p>\n
It is rumoured Mullens might have contradicted Ecclestone’s claims.<\/p>\n
Ecclestone told the court last week that his relationship with Mullens “deteriorated a little while ago”.<\/p>\n
“From what the prosecutor said … his (Mullens’) testimony may well contradict that of Ecclestone,” wrote Telegraph correspondent Tom Cary last Thursday.<\/p>\n
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