Ainslie: I was told ‘Ratcliffe will burn your house down’ in threat to destroy America's Cup team

Sir Ben Ainslie claims he was told Sir Jim Ratcliffe would “burn your house down” unless he handed over the team’s assets and intellectual property to the British billionaire’s Ineos empire. The “hostile” threat was allegedly delivered by Jean-Claude Blanc and Rob Nevin, the chief executive and chairman of Ineos Sport, in Ainslie’s Barcelona office, in October 2024, just hours before Ainslie was due to try to make history in the America’s Cup against New Zealand.