The legal fight between the US federal government and disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won seven consecutive Tour de France titles before being stripped of all and banned for life, is now threatening to drag Nike, the sportswear company, into the fray.
2. The legal fight between the US federal government and
disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won seven
consecutive Tour de France titles before being stripped of
all and banned for life, is now threatening to drag Nike,
the sportswear company, into the fray.
The sportswear company has been served subpoenas by
both Armstrong and the government to grill Nike under
oath as a witness to find out more about the previous
sponsorship of Armstrong with the company. In reply,
Nike has decided to fight back at both and has requested a
federal judge in Oregon for help protecting its
information.
3. The subpoenas are part of the $100 million civil fraud
suit of the federal government against Lance
Armstrong on behalf of the U.S. Postal Service that
sponsored Armstrong’s cycling team from 1998 to
2004.
In 2012, Nike and all of Armstrong's other major
sponsors fired him after a massive file of evidence was
released by the United States Anti-Doping Agency
that showed Lance Armstrong doped throughout his
cycling career.
