Tabloid headlines were the FIRST TIME Mosley's wife learned of 'spankings'

Max Mosley's wife Jean was the unseen presence at his High Court victory. While she never appeared during the hearing, the lurid detail of Mr Mosley's sexual proclivities raised the inevitable question - how did she cope with it all? The answer, from Mr Mosley himself, was that she didn't have to. He kept his sado-masochist interests to himself, he said. Even after 48 years of marriage, she knew nothing about it until she read the News of the World article headlined F1 Boss Has Sick Nazi Orgy With Five Hookers. Max Mosley at the High Court where lurid details of his private life were revealed That piece of evidence was an important part of Mr Mosley's case. The damage to his reputation caused by revelations about his sex life was one thing, but that his wife found out through reading a newspaper was very much another. It... [read full story]