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Formula One Billionaire Reportedly Arrested for Bringing Gun on Private Plane

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Bernie Ecclestone, the former CEO of Formula One, was detained this week in Brazil, according to Reuters.

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Bernie Ecclestone, the billionaire former CEO of Formula One was arrested in Brazil this week after authorities found a gun in his baggage, according to Reuters. The nonagenarian reportedly acknowledged he owned the weapon but said he didn’t know how it found its way into his luggage. He continued on his way to Switzerland after paying bail. Worth some $3 billion, according to Forbes, Ecclestone was traveling with his Brazilian wife, Fabiana Flosi​, who is more than four decades younger than him.

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