Oprah
Winfrey's Interview With Lance Armstrong Brought Out Controversial
Facts And Confessions
January
17. 2012
Lance
Armstrong and Oprah Winfrey
A skeptical
Oprah Winfrey interviewed disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, regarding
allegations of steroids use for most of his professional career. The
interview did not paint Armstrong in the best light, as Winfrey not
only got him to confess, she extracted other facts regarding the impact
of his conduct upon those around him.
While the
Judiciary Report has sympathy for Armstrong as a cancer survivor, his
destructive deeds toward many caused others a significant amount of
pain and he deprived others of their rightful place in world history
when he cheated and won many events as a result.
For example,
those in Armstrong's circle who began to speak out about his steroids
use, which equates to him cheating his way to 7 prestigious Tour De
France titles and an Olympic medal, all of which have now been stripped
and revoked, they were threatened and brutalized in court and the press
by the cyclist.
Armstrong's
former masseuse, Emma O'Reilly, was publicly defamed by Armstrong,
labeled a "whore" and sued by the cyclist for speaking out
and telling the truth. Betsy Andreu, wife of Armstrong's teammate,
Frankie Andreu, testified during an investigation that she heard the
cyclist state to his doctor in the hospital that he used, "EPO,
testosterone, cortisone, growth hormone and steroids."
As a result,
Armstrong viciously slammed and sued Andreu for telling the truth. He
publicly called her "crazy" and a "bi**h." Winfrey
asked him why he did so stating, "You called her crazy and other
terrible things." Armstrong inappropriately joked to Winfrey
regarding Andreu, "I called you crazy, I called you a bi**h...but
I never called you fat" as his response to his teammate's wife.
Armstrong put
Andreu and others through court based nightmares that cost them a
fortune in legal fees, all because they truthfully responded to
questions about his doping. Armstrong should be made to make full
financial restitution with interest and penalties. The people he sued
for telling the truth were not rich and his conduct maliciously damaged
their finances.
His actions
also led Winfrey to state, "You're suing people and you know that
they are telling the truth. What is that." Sadly, it is a mentally
unbalanced Hollywood tactic to sue those that tell the truth about
one's unlawful behavior and it is the circles Armstrong moved in for
many years.
Winfrey asked
Armstrong about the truth now coming out about his dishonesty, cheating
and lies, "Did you not think this day was coming. did you not
think you would be found out... did you not always think this day was
coming... first of all, third law of motion. what you put out is going
to come back. did you not think you would be found out at some point
especially since so many people knew." He responded he wanted his
own way.
Lance
Armstrong
It was
discovered that Armstrong tried to bribe the USADA (US Anti-Doping
Agency) in 2004 with a $25,000 personal check, to cover up his doping,
when allegations against him grew louder (Lance
Armstrong reportedly tried paying off USADA in 2004).
Here's the
kicker in this case that has further exposed corruption at the FBI and
Department of Justice under FBI Director Robert S. Mueller and Attorney
General Eric Holder. In 2010, the DOJ launched an investigation into
allegations regarding Armstrong's doping (fraud, witness tampering,
drug trafficking). In February 2011, the FBI and Department of Justice
mysteriously dropped the case, as is their way when a high profile
celebrity has flagrantly broken the law.
Winfrey
stated, "When the Department of Justice just dropped that case and
nobody knows why, did you have any influence in that?" Winfrey
implied he had issued another bribe or some incentive to make the case
unlawfully disappear. And as stated in the past, as the Judiciary
Report knows firsthand from what well-connected
sources have informed the site, the FBI Director took an
unrelated $1,000,000 bribe from Madonna in this
case and his employees have been caught red-handed accepting
large bribes in other cases (FBI
Agent Arrested For Accepting A $200,000 Bribe To Derail A Criminal Case
The FBI Was Supposed To Be Investigating).
After the FBI
and DOJ deliberately failed, when there was so much evidence and so
many witnesses, the USADA stepped up 6-months later in July 2011 and
charged Armstrong with "possession, trafficking and using banned
substances." Armstrong sued the USADA to block it and the case was
dismissed. The USADA branded Armstrong's conduct as mafia-like in
nature. USADA CEO, Travis Tygart stated, "Parts of this scheme
were run like a mafia."
World famous
sponsor Nike dropped Armstrong and rightfully so, to which he commented,
"A 75 million dollar deal gone." As the Judiciary Report has
been reinforcing for months via articles, sponsors don't like scandal,
controversy or inappropriate behavior. They have to protect their
brands and will head for the hills when witnessing an entertainer or athlete
engage in questionable conduct. They give one money in good faith and
expect a positive return on their investment - not positive drug tests,
scandal and taint.
Then there's
the personal aspect of the cheating and fraud. His mom is "a
wreck." His kids are embarrassed for defending him. His foundation
is in shambles by association. People need to think about their
families and friends before they engage in the aforementioned conduct.
It is better to come second, third, fourth ect... than win
dishonorably. As the site has stated for years, history has a terrible
way of correcting itself. It's simply not worth it.
At the end of
the day, God can forgive Armstrong and so should the public. He needs
to make amends personally, professionally and financially for all the
damage he has caused. Time to face the music and do what is right.
Side Bar: I
am of the belief Armstrong's doping contributed to him developing
cancer. He was repeatedly disrupting his body's natural functions and
balance in a significant way, via introducing foreign substances into
his system that become carcinogens.
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