Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $1 million in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments aimed at Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton
“The Substitute Judge of the 20th Civil Court of Brasilia sentenced former Formula 1 driver Nelson Piquet Souto Maior to pay R$ 5 million in compensation for collective moral damages, to be allocated to funds for the promotion of racial equality and discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community, due to the offenses made against current Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton,” the court statement said.
” The statement, however, reinforced that Piquet’s actions “affect not only the individual rights of the victim, but the values of the entire community, and of the black population and the LGBTQIA+ community in particular.” Formula One, Mercedes and the FIA, motorsport’s global governing body, all condemned Piquet at the time, and Piquet apologized for the racial slur and said his comments had no racist intent.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Nelson Piquet Fined Nearly $1 Million Over Racist and Homophobic RemarksThe former Formula One champion was fined nearly $1 million in connection to racist and homophobic comments he made about Lewis Hamilton.
Read more »
Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about HamiltonRetired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton.
Read more »
Piquet ordered to pay $950k for racist, homophobic commentsBrazil's triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay 5 million Brazilian Reals ($953,050) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday.
Read more »
Piquet ordered to pay $950,000 for racist, homophobic commentsBrazil's triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay 5 million Brazilian Reals ($953,050) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday.
Read more »
Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowmentThe 89-year-old country music icon, who in the 1980s helped launch the Farm Aid benefit concerts, is the namesake of the new Willie Nelson Endowment for Uplifting Rural Communities at the University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs.
Read more »
Willie Nelson is the namesake of a Texas educational endowmentAUSTIN — Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson is getting a new kind of honor: a university endowment in Texas. The 89-year-old country music icon,...
Read more »