Step aside Julie Roehm. The international big shots are taking the stage now with libel, money-laundering and love triangles. Big shot WPP Group’s Martin Sorrell, in the midst of a libel suit in London’s High Court against former WPP country manager Marco Benatti and Sorrell-founded FullSix CEO Marco Tinelli, has reportedly been having a relationship with WPP CEO Daniela Weber since late 2004. Prior to that, Weber was, apparently, having a relationship with Benatti. Now, Sorrell and Webber are suing Benatti for leaking “vicious” images of them to the Internet. Do we sense a bit of jealously here from Benatti? Or perhaps it’s a bit of vengeance in reaction to Sorrell’s firing of Benatti (and Tinelli) for the above mentioned apparent libel.
Adding to the drama is Sorrell’s spectacular multi-million dollar divorce from his wife two years ago and his relationship with Weber being referred to, apparently by Benatti and Tinelli, as “the mad dwarf and the nympho schizo.” Can it get any more delicious than this? Yes. Weber, 44 and referred to as “hot lover” on some blogs, has worked for Benatti since she was a student and by 2005, she had a director position and a 20 percent stake in Tinelli’s FullSix. Apparently, over the 20 years Weber and Benatti worked together, Benatti was “frustrated with his position and his lack of power and authority.” Again, jealous much?
It is said Benatti and Tinelli were behind the creation of the blog that circulated the “vicious” photo of Sorrell and Weber but involvement has been denied. The case, and its drama, continue today.
