An American billionaire, who gagged the British press after being arrested on suspicion of raping a woman at a top London hotel, can now be revealed as technology entrepreneur, Shervin Pishevar.

The businessman took out an injunction which prevented newspapers from naming him, after he was questioned by City of London Police in May,.

He was arrested after a woman claimed she had been attacked in the penthouse suite of the Ned Hotel in the heart of London's financial district.

Last week Mr Pishevar’s name was made public in the United States after details of the arrest became the subject of an extraordinary legal dispute.

Mr Pishevar is Iranian-American venture capitalist, who was one of the early investors in Uber and also co-founded Hyperloop One, the scheme that promises to cut journey times around the globe to a fraction using the latest technology.