PARIS (AP) -FIA has appointed an independent expert to investigate allegations that the sex scandal involving motor racing chief Max Mosley included Nazi role playing.
Anthony Scrivener will examine whether there was a Nazi connotation to Mosley's liaison with five prostitutes in London, as a British tabloid reported last month, FIA said in a statement.
Mosley, who is suing the News of the World newspaper, welcomed the appointment, FIA said.
Mosley has admitted visiting the prostitutes but denied there was any Nazi connotation.
The 68-year-old Mosley has refused to resign from his post and has instead left it to a secret vote at a special general assembly in Paris on June 3 to decide his future.
FIA, the world governing body for motorsports, said Scrivener's opinion will be made available to the 222 national motoring organizations who are invited to the special general assembly.
In 2006, Scrivener was elected to serve as a judge on the FIA International Court of Appeal.
Several national motoring federations and prominent figures in Formula One have called on Mosley to step down. His current mandate ends in October 2009.
