Yep. People tend to forget this a lot. Even if a story is entirely false, the damage it can do before anyone figures that out is usually far higher than whatever money they offer up front.

The woman rejecting it would be a very bizarre move if she knew she had no evidence, though.

Surely she, rightly or wrongly, thinks she has an ironclad case to turn down that amount of money?

Of course, that's assuming there was a shush money offer.

All rumors from the Telegraaf as far as I can tell.

No idea, could be total lies.

Yeah, in all honesty, unless he did something criminal (and even then dependent on what he actually did do) and was convicted for it I couldn't care less.

Who he sleeps with, spanks, share nudes with or get dominated by is pretty irrelevant to me.

Will be interesting to see if Newey cracked the code with pod less design.

There's zero evidence that RB's investigation wasn't a proper one, no. Certainly not publicly at the very least.

But then again, RB's owners have done some... legally questionable things.

The Thai owner's son hit a police motorbike and dragged him over 100 metres along the road, killing him in a particularly gruesome way, while he was drink driving. He then fled the scene of the crime.

The family initially implied a driver hired by the family was driving, before it being discovered it was the owner's son/heir to RB.

The initial police investigation had to be disbanded because it was found they were attempting to cover up the crime.

The RB owner's son then fled the country, and the family lawyers kept telling the courts he was too poorly or busy with work to attend court.

Finally, after 5 years and lots of legal back and forth, the police put out an arrest warrant.

He still hasn't received any punishment for his crimes.

Obviously these are two very unrelated matters, and Horner should still be presumed innocent unless there's evidence to the contrary. My point is only that I don't find it implausible that the RB owners would brush bad shit under the rug or do something dishonest/legally questionable. They have form.

Sounds like you have some important information about the case. Maybe you should share with the proper authorities.

Someone already called it an "Austrian solution", which is a phrase used in Austria for the kind of compromise that's bad for everyone involved. Lol

Yeah, they hired them and claimed their impartiality. I find it hard to trust the impartiality of a company being paid by one of the parties involved.