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18-12.-2007, 08:16 AM
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Lefevere and Boonen won court case
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18-12.-2007, 08:28 AM
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Good on them. It is one thing to make rational accusations. It is another to just throw libelous stuff around. Notwithstanding these guys could be all on PED's. But the pol obviously didn't have much of a leg to stand on once in court.
Also respected Boonen's litigation amount of one euro. It's the principle that matters.
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18-12.-2007, 09:04 AM
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Re: Lefevere and Boonen won court case
Liberace won a defamation suit in the UK after a 1957 newspaper article falsely imputed that he was gay.
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18-12.-2007, 09:08 AM
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Yeah...but he wasn't gay then. I think he caught the disease from a gerbil in 1963, if my memory serves me correctly. 
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18-12.-2007, 09:45 AM
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Re: Lefevere and Boonen won court case
What about Het Laastste Nieuws? There were 8 sources for the Nieuws. One source a Quickstep rider. Lefevre looked for his identity by telling riders to sue HLN-he thought the source would not sue.
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18-12.-2007, 09:53 AM
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I believe the court hearing of the case against Het Laatste Nieuws will be in the coming year... |
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18-12.-2007, 05:01 PM
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I thought they were suing for more than that but the judge only awarded a single euro. I don't know what this sort of thing means in Belgium, but in the U.S. when you get awarded a dollar it generally means the case is shit and the judge is pissed off at having his time wasted. Didn't Marion Jones sue Victor Conte? I wonder if Conte will turn around and sue Jones now that she fessed up.
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18-12.-2007, 05:09 PM
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Dupe post.
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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates |
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18-12.-2007, 05:26 PM
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Read post above... Boonen sued for 1 euro, Lefevere for 25.000 euro. |
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18-12.-2007, 07:30 PM
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18-12.-2007, 07:41 PM
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But I don't think they used the money to go out and celebrate. 
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18-12.-2007, 09:36 PM
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18-12.-2007, 10:33 PM
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European Civil law is different from US civil law. For instance if you sue within the EU and lose you are responsible for all the court costs (of both sides) and a fee nominated by the judge hearing the case. In the US you can sue as much as you like and not be responsible for the court costs. This was Armstrong’s tactic. He would engage litigation and seek censure of further comment, bog the case down in documentation requests then withdraw the case 3 years later when everyone had forgotten about it. What he was achieving was the headline "Armstrong sues Walsh" - implying his case is/was strong enough and worthy enough to sue in a court of law. It also gave him the ability to say "I cannot comment on David Walsh's book. For the moment all that I can say is that I'm taking his accusations to the highest court in country and that impedes me from saying anymore". What we know now that is was just bullshit and diversion strategy. Good strategy mind you. I digress. |
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18-12.-2007, 11:05 PM
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Maybe one euro is all that a cyclist's reputation is worth. 
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18-12.-2007, 11:05 PM
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Okay. That makes more sense now.
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