Lance made threats to an Italian cyclist during Tour de France

[Davros]

I can't make out from the info whether Simeoni went to the police or whether the police found it to be of sufficient interest to call him in for an interview. You seem to be painting it as him running to the police about the threat of lawyers, but we can't reallly be sure of that can we. The police may have called him in. Why? To add some more info to the case against the doctor, or perhaps they are interested in betting trends on the day and worried about obvious collusion, or perhaps they are cycling fans themselves and very bloody curious.

My point is that I think people are reading too much into it. So Lance has a beef with Simeoni - so what? Simeoni was required to testify in proceedings against Ferrari. Lance called him a liar - Simeoni is sueing. Let the courts sort it out.

[Ronn_Bman]

Davros, I'm not trying to paint Simeoni as anything, as has been made clear, I don't know enough about the sport to do any painting, but I can still be curious.

In fact, that is what is great about this forum. The information and point of view of others who are often more well informed on some issues. The article I used was quite small and lacked any background information on the feud, so my initial simple assumption of sour grapes on the part of Simeoni, was obvious wrong.

You yourself admit that you don't know if it was him going to the police or the police coming to him, since what occurred between the two of them was only between the two of them, with no witness, I don't mind hypothesizing that Simeoni brought this issue to the police, otherwise how would they have known about a threat? The article places his statement to the publication after his police questioning. This doesn't mean he went 'running like a scalded dog, whining and crying, with his tail tucked between his legs' to the police, but it doesn't seem too unreasonable to assume he made the complaint. After all, he does have a lawsuit against Lance that wouldn't be hurt by evidence of harassment.

But even if the police questioned him because they are cycling fans, the question is valid. Is saying you'll destroy someone with your lawyer worthy of a police investigation? Especially considering there is already ongoing litigation between the two parties? I think Groj is right; the answer is no.

[ 07-31-2004, 01:12 PM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]