Lance Armstrong- More trials and tribulations

[Goober]

Lance Armstrong- More trials and tribulations.

Texas judge orders Lance Armstrong to answer questions on doping in insurance company’s fraud lawsuit | National Post

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge is pushing Lance Armstrong closer to his first sworn testimony on details of his performance-enhancing drug use, ordering the cyclist to answer questions about who knew what and when about his doping, including possibly his ex-wife and his attorneys.

Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance Holding is seeking the information in its lawsuit to recover $3 million in bonuses it paid Armstrong from 1999 to 2001. A judge previously refused to dismiss the case.

Acceptance is trying to prove a yearslong conspiracy and coverup by Armstrong to commit fraud. It wants to know when several of Armstrong’s personal and business associates — including ex-wife Kristin Armstrong, team officials, the cyclist’s lawyers and International Cycling Union President Pat McQuaid — first learned of his doping.

Report: A second U.S. Attorney in California to probe Lance Armstrong, this time for obstruction, witness tampering and intimidation* - NY Daily News

Lance Armstrong facing criminal investigation - Telegraph

ABC News in the US reported that a new criminal investigation into Armstrong has begun, a year after a previous two-year investigation was closed with no charges brought against him.

The evidence gathered during Usada's damning report on Armstrong's cheating which led to his confession could be used in the new federal inquiry.

The ABC report said Armstrong is now being investigated for obstruction, witness tampering and intimidation. The previous federal investigation looked at Armstrong's then-alleged drug-taking and potential fraud.

 

[gopher]

The guy made millions based on his cheating, caused others to lose millions in lawsuits, and continues to profit from interest/dividends in investments he made because of all that unjust increase. It's time he pay it ALL back before anyone accepts his "apology".

 

[bill barilko]

Useless lying POFS excuse for a human being if ever there was one.

 

[talloola]

The guy made millions based on his cheating, caused others to lose millions in lawsuits, and continues to profit from interest/dividends in investments he made because of all that unjust increase. It's time he pay it ALL back before anyone accepts his "apology".

I bet all of the lawyers don't have to pay a penny of the hundreds of thousands they made,
there is a long list of takers of that money over the years. do you want the cancer foundation
to pay back too, they received millions.

my point is, how does anyone do the math.

 

[coldstream]

I used to be a devotee of the Tour de France... this year i caught bits and pieces of it... mainly for the scenery in the mountains and Medieval towns.

It's not just Armstrong.. its the interviews with his teammate Tyler Hamilton who estimated 85% of the cyclists were on dope.. EPO especially.. but steroids, hgh, synthetic testosterone as well during that period.

The announcers for the Tour proclaimed the sport 85% clean in the post-Armstrong era.. but i seem to remember them saying the same thing after the famous police raid on the Festina Team that uncovered bags full of vials and syringes in the 1998 Tour. Subsequently all 9 members admitted to doping

Lance didn't earn any of the money.. he's lived a life of indulgent luxury off it... including a home that appeared in Architectural Digest in Spain.. others in the U.S. If he ended up dead broke.. it would send out a good message.. but i doubt that will happen.

The ICU has been notorious is its acceptance of drugs in the sport. It did everything it could not the help the U.S. Doping Agency in its investigation. It's penalties are substantially less than those for Track and Field.. 2 years versus 4 years for a first offense.. which makes it an acceptable risk given the immense rewards for winning.

The only way to stop it is to stop watching.. until the sport is cleaned up. It's all about the money.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I bet all of the lawyers don't have to pay a penny of the hundreds of thousands they made,

Why should they? To the best of my knowledge, the Bar has no rule against doping.

 

[#juan]

I think there is enough evidence to support the view that Lance Armstrong is a greedy cheat. Really too bad it took so long to catch him.

 

[Sal]

I think there is enough evidence to support the view that Lance Armstrong is a greedy cheat. Really too bad it took so long to catch him.

So then, just like most of the athletes in most of the sports and the mountains of people that suck off of them?

 

[Mowich]

Trials and tribulations that he brought on himself. No tears shed for this fallen athlete.

 

[Goober]

Trials and tribulations that he brought on himself. No tears shed for this fallen athlete.

Fraud, in this case a Federal Agency, the Post Office can lead to substantial prison time. Or he could upon conviction, transfer all his wealth to the US Govt.
I am not sure but the US RICO Act could be applied.

 

[gopher]

I bet all of the lawyers don't have to pay a penny of the hundreds of thousands they made,
there is a long list of takers of that money over the years. do you want the cancer foundation
to pay back too, they received millions.

my point is, how does anyone do the math.

The courts can and should award legal fees to those who were sued by Armstrong. Payments made to charity is voluntary so there is no grounds for forcing any such institution to pay any monies back.