Investigator questions Bernie Ecclestone claims

By Washington Examiner

Published May 2, 2014 1:33pm ET

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Investigator questions Bernie Ecclestone claims — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone arrives for the second day of his trial at court in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, May 2, 2014. Ecclestone is charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust "in an especially grave case" over a US dollar 44 million payment to a German banker, that prosecutors allege was meant to facilitate the sale of the Formula One Group to a buyer of Ecclestone's liking. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, Pool) | Christof Stache

BERLIN (AP) — A German investigator cast doubt on the credibility of Bernie Ecclestone’s assertion he was blackmailed into making a $44 million payment to a Munich banker, telling the Formula One boss’ trial on Friday the claim was “very vague.”

Investigator Martin Bauer, who questioned Ecclestone for the case against the banker who accepted the alleged bribe, said Ecclestone was never able to give concrete details to back up his blackmail claim.

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