Ferrari star Raikkonen goes legal over extortion claims by female based in Montreal
A complaint has been made to police in Canada on behalf of Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen alleging he is the victim of extortion by a woman in Montreal.
The complaint, filed by a Montreal legal firm working for Raikkonen, claims he has been threatened with public accusations of sexual misconduct unless he provided financial compensation.
In 2016 the woman alleged online that she was involved in an incident with an unnamed F1 driver and his friend while she was working at a bar after that year’s Canadian GP.
She claimed the intoxicated driver touched her breast while she was working as a waitress and that an anonymous friend put his hand down the front of her underwear.
Earlier this year she published a follow-up stating that she had protected the driver too long and would now act.
A representative of Raikkonen’s legal team in Montreal told MN’S sister title Autosport that the woman informed them of the initial accusations.
They then received a letter last week, on May 23, stating she would go public with the accusations without recompense, which the representative told Autosport was a “huge” amount of money.
He said Raikkonen denies the allegations completely and the only course of action to “protect the driver’s reputation” was to file an extortion complaint. A resolution is not expected for several months, especially if it involves court action.