Så här skulle Conatdor gjort istället. Läs förhöret med en amerikansk cykellegend från en försäkringstvist om fem raka TdF segrar. Bidrag till anti-dopningsarbete löser mycket...
(hela förhöret finns på delstatens Texas hemsdia ca 300 sidor)
Since you asked nicely, here is an extract from Lance's SCA deposition:
Q: You have made a -- a contribution or donation to the UCI, have you not?
A. I have, yeah.
Q. Do you know when that was made?
A. Some years ago. I don't recall exactly.
Q. Well, 2000, for example?
A. I don't know.
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Q. Did you tell UCI you were going to make it before you did?
A. I don't recall, but I don't think so. I don't know.
Q. You gave $25,000, or approximately $25,000 to the UCI, but you don't remember if you told them beforehand that you were sending them a check?
A. I don't recall.
Q. Had you ever given any money to UCI before?
A. No.
Q. Have you ever given any money since?
A. I have pledged money since, but I don't think I've done it yet.
Q. When did you pledge money?
A. I don't remember. Between now and then.
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Q. Okay. Do you know what UCI did with the money?
A. I don't know.
Q. Who did you give the money to?
A. Well, if you sent a check or a wire, I don't know who received it, but...
Q. I mean, like -- is it literally like one day the UCI guy comes in, opens up the mail, and there's a check from you for $25,000?
A. I mean, I don't know. I wasn't in the mail room.
Q. Okay. But did you let anyone know this is coming?
A. I told you, I don't remember.
Q. Okay. Have you spoken to anyone at UCI regarding your donation?
A. Yeah.
Q. Who?
A. I have spoken to Alain Rumpf, Hein Verbruggen, perhaps others.
Q. Do you know what they've done with the money?
A. I just told you, I don't know.
Q. Okay. Like they didn't buy some specific equipment or something with it that you're aware of? It wasn't earmarked --
A. Which part of I don't know do you not understand?
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Q. Are you aware of any other professional cyclists who's given money to UCI?
A. I don't know. I'm not aware. Personally, I think there should be -- I think everybody should contribute to the fund.
Q. How does UCI get its money? Do you know?
A. I have no idea.
Q. Okay.
A. Honestly, I don't know.
Q. That part of "I don't know" I understood. Believe me.
Q. Were payments for Ferrari's services made by you personally, or by the team?
A. Not by the team. It would have been from me, but I don't remember exactly how those happened. It wasn't very --
Q. Well, would you -- do you remember actually writing checks to Doctor Ferrari, for example? You personally?
A. I don't -- I don't recall.
Q. Well, do you know if Mr. Stapleton wrote checks on your behalf?
A. I don't recall. I doubt it.
Q. Can anyone write a check on your behalf for your money, other than you?
A. Probably.
Q. You may want to run that down.
A. Probably.
Q. Okay. Is there -- is there a business account or relationship that Doctor Ferrari would have been paid from rather than from your personal funds?
A. I don't think so.
Q. Okay. Can you offer me any guidance or information as to how you paid Doctor Ferrari? By check? By wire? From you personally? From --
A. Perhaps all of the above.
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Q. Do you know the total amount of compensation that you have paid to Doctor Ferrari since you've been using him as a trainer, approximately?
A. No.
Q. Do you think it's in excess of a million dollars?
A. I don't think so.
Q. Is it -- certainly, it's in the range of six figures, is it not?
A. Over the years, perhaps. But I don't recall.