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Armstrong heads to US court in fraud lawsuit
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A JUDGE on Monday cleared the way for the doping-disgraced cycling icon Lance Armstrong to go to court, saying the United States authorities’ allegations against him merited trial.
The US Justice Department is seeking nearly US$100 million in damages from Armstrong, charging that he cheated the government when the US Postal Service sponsored the team he led. The decision by US District Judge Christopher Cooper, in Washington, DC, comes as a major blow to Armstrong, who had requested the case be thrown out. He claims the lawsuits were unfounded and that the US Postal Service benefited from his lucrative sponsorship deal. Cooper argued in his 37-page decision that the issue of injury suffered by the US must be decided by a jury. The US Postal Service paid more than US$32 million to Tailwind Sports Corp, the now-defunct Lance Armstrong cycling team. Armstrong in October 2012 was stripped of his seven victories (1999-2005) in the Tour de France after the American Anti-Doping Agency accused him of actively taking part in one of the most sophisticated doping programs ever seen in sports.
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