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Armstrong ordered to court in defamation case

July 1st, 2005 by Mike

via: VeloNews.com

Lance and Simeoni

Lance Armstrong has been summoned to appear in a Paris court next year on charges of defaming fellow professional cyclist Filippo Simeoni, a legal source said on Friday.

The trial for the Texan, who begins his bid for a record seventh consecutive Tour de France title on Saturday, will not start until March 2006.

Parisian judge Thomas Cassuto charged Armstrong with defamation in March following a complaint in 2003 from Simeoni regarding the American’s comments published by the newspaper Le Monde on April 18 2003.

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One Response to “Armstrong ordered to court in defamation case”

  1. 1 Cory 

    I guess if you can’t beat the man any other way…

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