FORMER F1 champion Jenson Button has been accused of fraudulently selling a vehicle that did not belong to him. Button, 44, sold the blue 1970 Ford Bronco truck in 2022 for £130,000 via website Collecting Cars, saying he had owned it for four years. Leo Eccles, 45, who bought the Bronco, has launched a legal action claiming Button was “not the legitimate owner”. Mr Eccles, who runs a gaming firm in Gloucestershire, claims he paid a premium believing that the car was Button’s and wants his money back. “In essence the claim is the car at the time it was sold, didn’t belong to Mr Button but to his then girlfriend and the payment made was sustainably more than it was worth but that was on the understanding it was owned by Mr Button, which our client says it wasn’t.

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