Megaupload boss insists he’s innocent

Megaupload’s detained founder denied wrongdoing after US authorities shut down his file-sharing website, as new details emerged of a rock-star life featuring “fast cars” and “hot girls”.

Appearing in a New Zealand court, Kim Dotcom demanded to be freed from police custody and denied doing anything illegal, rejecting US claims that he had overseen one of the internet’s biggest and most lucrative crime scenes.

The judge reserved a decision until at least today on a bail application filed by the German businessman, who is also known as Kim Schmitz and who faces extradition to the United States to answer charges of rampant copyright theft.