rojo wrote:
aslkfdjalkdsjf;lkdsafa wrote:Not a lawyer, but I think that you would be covered because you were collecting information and reasonably believed he cheated.
Truth is always a defense to defamation.
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Correct. I won't lose the lawsuit. But we've been sued before and it costs a minimum of $10,000 to defend yourself. As a corporation, I'm not allowed to defend myself . We have to hire a lawyer.
His lawyer is trying to say I'm biased as I told him we'll see if Lehigh Valley has "the balls" to do a DQ and what I meant by that is it's just way easier to cop out and not DQ him. If you don't publish the article, or don't DQ, what happens. Nothing really. The hard-core runners are outraged but you save yourself potentially $10,000. Not that I think he'd really sue as it would cost him a lot to sue as well.
Keepin' it Real wrote:
What are the chances that MAYBE , just MAYBE , during the coarse of their investigation they did find evidence of him on the coarse ? Or maybe an independent photographer , or news station or someone other than US CANDIDS had information that not everyone here knows. .... memo to lets run haters : The VIA board and investigators have no obligation to share their findings with ANYONE , except the people involved . Especially an "anonymous message board" Oh , and did you notice how I intelligently presented my reply without calling anyone names ?
That makes no sense. Did you read their statement. It mentions nothing of additional evidence. Zero, zilch, nada. It says they didn't have any wrongdoing reported when the race took place. If they had it, i'm pretty sure they'd release it.
It just angers me. It shows how the sport we love is viewed as nothing but a charity raisinging, fun run by the general public. Lawyers get involved and say, "Don't DQ him." It makes no sense. You have to understand running to some degree to understand that this should have been a DQ within a few days.
Our article next week will explain it all.
In all of my marathons, I could easily prove that I was capable of something close to it. A) People ran next to me for miles B) Family saw me on the course C) My training logs.
A total joke. Very disappointing.
The Via Marathon statement basically says anything short of a video of him hopping out onto the course and he wouldn't be DQd. Even if people founds a still photo of Rossi running off or on to the course at Lehigh Valley, Rossi could always say he was simply leaving the course to go or come back from going to the bathroom. So you'd need a video. That's absurd.
John Kellogg told me the moment he heard Rossi Ruiz won the the Boston Marathon it wasn't real. He didn't even need any evidence. Here we have lots of evidence. The lack of photos is evidence, the lack of PBs anywhere close to the equivalent of 3:11, etc.
RIDICULOUS.