Expert: Armstrong unlikely to face criminal charges over doping
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June 16, 2012, Saturday
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LANCE Armstrong could be stripped of his seven Tour de France titles but won't likely face criminal charges or fines in a probe of new doping allegations.
"All of his Tour de France victories would be at stake, he could lose them. However he's not in any danger of being charged criminally or having to pay any fines, based on what we know," Vermont University sports law professor Michael McCann said. "This is more about a case that goes to his reputation rather than any type of criminal wrongdoing," McCann said, adding that USADA, which is investigating Armstrong, "doesn't have the power of indictment."
And, he said, the US justice department is unlikely to reopen its two-year probe that ended in February without any criminal charges being brought. "I think that moment passed."
The Washington Post was among media outlets that reported on Wednesday that the US Anti-Doping Agency had written to Armstrong saying blood samples taken from him in 2009 and 2010 - when he came out of retirement - were "fully consistent with blood manipulation including EPO use and/or blood transfusions."
Armstrong finished third in the Tour de France in 2009 and 23rd in the event in 2010.
"All of his Tour de France victories would be at stake, he could lose them. However he's not in any danger of being charged criminally or having to pay any fines, based on what we know," Vermont University sports law professor Michael McCann said. "This is more about a case that goes to his reputation rather than any type of criminal wrongdoing," McCann said, adding that USADA, which is investigating Armstrong, "doesn't have the power of indictment."
And, he said, the US justice department is unlikely to reopen its two-year probe that ended in February without any criminal charges being brought. "I think that moment passed."
The Washington Post was among media outlets that reported on Wednesday that the US Anti-Doping Agency had written to Armstrong saying blood samples taken from him in 2009 and 2010 - when he came out of retirement - were "fully consistent with blood manipulation including EPO use and/or blood transfusions."
Armstrong finished third in the Tour de France in 2009 and 23rd in the event in 2010.
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