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 Posted: Wed 11:41, 14 Aug 2013 Post subject: Lance Armstrong to make doping admission in Oprah |
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Lance Armstrong to make doping admission in Oprah interview
Lance Armstrong said he will answer questions "directly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], honestly and candidly" during an interview with Oprah Winfrey next week. He will also apologize and make a limited confession to using performance-enhancing drugs, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Armstrong has spent more than a decade denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times. Without saying whether he would confess or apologize during the taping, Armstrong told The Associated Press in a text message early Saturday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "I told her [Winfrey] to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], honestly and candidly. Postal Service teams that included steroids, blood boosters and a range of performance-enhancing drugs.
Armstrong's interview with Winfrey is not expected to go into great detail about specific allegations levied in the more than 1,000-page USADA report. Several outlets had also reported that Armstrong was considering a confession.
'no-holds barred' sessionArmstrong hasn't responded to the USADA report or being stripped of his Tour de France titles. But shortly afterward,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he tweeted a picture of himself on a couch at home with all seven of the yellow leader's jerseys on display in a room at his home in Austin. He also agreed to be interviewed there,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in what the Oprah Winfrey Network announced would be a "no-holds barred" session. That's scheduled to be taped Monday and broadcast Thursday night.
"His reputation is in crisis," said crisis management expert Mike Paul,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], president of New York-based,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], MGP Associates PR. "Most people don't trust what comes out of his mouth. Postal Service. Justice Department has yet to announce whether it will join the case.
The London-based Sunday Times is also suing Armstrong to recover about $500,000 US it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit, and Dallas-based SCA Promotions has threatened to bring yet another lawsuit against Armstrong to recover more than $7.5 million an arbitration panel awarded him as a bonus for winning the Tour de France.
The only lawsuit potentially impacted by a confession might be the Sunday Times case,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Potential perjury charges stemming from his sworn testimony in the 2005 arbitration fight would not apply because of the statute of limitations,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Armstrong was not deposed during a federal investigation that was closed last year without charges being brought.
However, he lost most of his personal endorsements - worth tens of millions of dollars - after USADA issued its report and he left the board of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997. He is still said to be worth an estimated $100 million.
Livestrong might be one reason to issue an apology or make a confession,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. The charity supports cancer patients and still faces an image problem because of its association with Armstrong,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
He may also be hoping a confession would allow him to return to competition in the elite triathlon or running events he participated in after his cycling career. But World Anti-Doping Code rules state his lifetime ban cannot be reduced to less than eight years,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Anti-Doping officials could agree to reduce the ban further depending on what new information Armstrong provides and his level of co-operation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. USADA chief Travis Tygart did not return a call Saturday from the AP,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Armstrong met with USADA officials recently to explore a "pathway to redemption,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," according to a report by "60 Minutes Sports" aired Wednesday on Showtime.
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