Ecclestone rejects bribery claims as trial begins
He told a Munich court that he was blackmailed by a German banker who received a disputed €32m payment.
Ecclestone said at the beginning of a four-hour personal statement read out in German by his lawyers that he was “grateful” to be able to give his side of the story — though he told judges that he would answer questions from the Munich state court through his lawyers, rather than personally.
