America's Cup hit by Alinghi spy scandal

NEW YOIK: A French employee of American syndicate BMW Oracle Racing acknowledged gathering information about the boat being secretly built on Lake Geneva by America's Cup champion Alinghi.

According to a police document included in papers the Swiss filed in a New York court, Alinghi said French and Swiss police continue to investigate the actions of Jean Antoine Bonnaveau, who identified himself as a member of BMW Oracle Racing's design team and said he was part of a "recon cell".

Alinghi included the transcript of a hearing before a French regional judicial police department in an affidavit filed with the Supreme Court of the State of New York in an ongoing tussle over specifics of the next America's Cup.