I really do NOT
know why Anthony Hamilton would even need to mention this as evidence in his suit against Di Resta; but, you heard it here:
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Formula 1 - Lewis Hamilton 'broke £2.5m promise to his dad'Lewis Hamilton broke a promise to his father Anthony when he abruptly withdrew an offer to give him £2.5 million around the time of their split in 2010, a court has heard.
Anthony Hamilton told
the court that while
he was his manager
he had never been paid by, or accepted gifts from, his son.
“Some of us do it so that our kids have better opportunities than
we had,” Hamilton said of his relationship with son Lewis.
“For
the love of
the child. When
he won his title in 2008
he thanked me and that was all I needed for my 18 years of toil and graft.”
However, at
the start of 2010, around
the time
the pair split,
the McLaren star suddenly offered to give his father “between $3-4million”.
Hamilton claimed that
he had no idea why
the money was offered. “Maybe
he was feeling guilty,” Hamilton said of his son. "I never asked [for
the gift] but
he did propose to give me one."
The offer of "$3-4million" made in March 2010 was suddenly withdrawn and when asked why that was, Hamilton said
he had no idea.
“It is not my place to go money-grabbing to my son,” Hamilton said. “It’s not my business.
He makes his own decisions.”
When then asked whether
he had paid £3m cash for a new home in 2008, Hamilton replied: “No, I think you’ll find there is a mortgage on that.
“It was important for me to be successful with my own company before Lewis got into Formula One because I never wanted to rely on him for money.”
Earlier on in proceedings, Hamilton said
he was prepared to “swerve
the truth” in his role as a driver manager as long as it was to advance his client’s career.
“Just to be clear, there is lying and there is swerving
the truth,”
he said. “I don’t do anything fraudulent.”
The claims came on another day of explosive allegations in Anthony’s damages lawsuit against British Formula One driver Paul di Resta.
Di Resta, in his defence against Hamilton’s charge of unlawful termination of contract, alleges that
he was misled over a multimillion-pound deal with an energy drinks company called Go Fast that ultimately never came to fruition.
The trial is due to end on December 17 with a judgment not expected until mid-January.
