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Socialite in Gold Laundering Trial Was ‘Functioning Addict’
- James Stunt charged with participating in laundering network
- Ecclestone’s former son-in-law denies ‘slanderous’ charges
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A British socialite at the center of one of the UK’s biggest money-laundering trials said he was a “functioning addict” at the time of his alleged involvement in a scheme to bank huge amounts of criminal cash via a gold dealer.
James Stunt, the former son-in-law of motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone, told a court in Leeds, northern England, the charges against him are slanderous and railed against an “oppressive” police investigation and prosecutors. “If they’re going to sling mud, I’m going to sling truth,” he said Wednesday.