Ecclestone charged in bribery case

The lawyers have accepted an indictment, Ecclestone said. It means they have to reply to the indictment which they are strenuously doing. Ecclestone has yet to read the indictment,which the court said he has until mid-August to respond to. They are alleging I bribed someone, Ecclestone said,while insisting he did nothing illegal.

Gribkowsky was in charge of managing the sale of BayernLBs stake in F1. In addition to taking the money from Ecclestone,Gribkowsky used BayernLBs funds to pay the F1 chief a commission of 41.4 million and agreed to pay a further 25 million to Bambino Trust,a company with which Ecclestone was affiliated,prosecutors maintained during the trial.