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STUNTS

The Playboy, The Godfather & The Formula One Boss

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The Upsetter
Feb 23, 2026
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Why would privately-educated playboy James Stunt publicly and proudly declare that crime lord, Terry Adams, was his godfather?

Is it significant that the connection emerged when drug addicted Stunt was going through a messy divorce from the heiress daughter of billionaire Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone?

Or that Stunt’s gold bullion business was under investigation for helping launder £266m for organised crime, making it an exceptionally bad time to be cavorting with a gangster convicted of that very offence.

In any event, how did Adams come to be Stunt’s godfather? Was it through his parents, or did the playboy enlist the help of London’s godfather for protection?

The Upsetter turns genealogist in the search of what binds the south London Stunts to the north London Adams crime family.

Blood, brotherhood, bullion or blarney?

Terry Adams with James Stunt [Photo: Jamie Wiseman]

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