May 12 (Bloomberg) — Larry Ellison’s America’s Cup team hired spies to dig up information on the defending champions’ boat, according to court papers filed by the Swiss syndicate that holds yachting’s oldest trophy.
Billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi team alleged that they caught a spy hired by Ellison’s BMW-Oracle Racing on Swiss property last month, and that the person later admitted he was part of a squad hired “to illegally break into facilities to take photographs and secure information about the defense boat.†… DetailsÂ