Max organised himself a spanking orgy (he was the spankee) with some authoritarian girls in uniform. One had a hidden camera and sold the pix to the News of the World. The News of the world decided to report that the girls were in nazi uniforms and Max sued for invasion of his privacy - and won.

Don't you read the papers?

It is one of the biggest threats to press freedom for some time - and indeed there was a big thread on it here. He is an authoritarian in a sport of wordlwide economic importance, and I think his relationship with authority is therefore a matter of genuine public importance.