UCI and Paul Kimmage

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Orbytal

Active Member
Guys so it appears in a newspaper it’s true REALLY! Everyman and his dog are saying it well I am now convinced that if I get taken up for defamation I shall use that and the Judge will roll over.

How naive can you be? Have a look at Hillsborough Tragedy because everyman and their dog said it was not the Police but 23 years later they are being brought to task and justice and there are many more.

ANYONE want to put proof on the table? If you all believe it just prove it OR is it just something WE all believe is right but cannot prove. YES I also believe it is true but I am not a MUG who blindly follows comments I look to test what I see and read and make my own opinion.

I HOPE you can come up with it as it would help PK but don’t you think he would have published it by now if he had it?

UCI should invite him in for a chat and see how in the new reconciliation way forward it can be done out of court. 1 Federation doing this is wrong but what would we do if someone was hell bent to damage our business so it is also understandable.

@beastie is that just a convenient comment? It is clear why he went and recorded. Please post that he was a cost cutting exercise I would like to read that!

@richp are you aware that GL received Iron Injections in his 89 year at Giro after being dropped in basically all climbs by sprinters etc. but wow had these jabs and he flew to TDF and World setting a new road TT best average on the way. Zero to hero. How you feel about that from Anaemic to beating all the doping riders?

 

thom

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Location
The Borough
The fight is strong in this one : Kimmage goes on the offensive.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (VN) — Paul Kimmage has taken the offensive against the Union Cycliste Internationale, filing a complaint against Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid “for slander/defamation, denigration and for strong suspicions of fraud.”

He tweets:

"I have lodged a criminal complaint against Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid. I have initiated these proceedings not for myself - this is not about Paul Kimmage, but on behalf of the whistle blowers - Stephen Swart, Frankie Andreu, Floyd Landis, Christophe Bassons, Nicolas Aubier, Gilles Delion, Graeme Obree and every other cyclist who stood up for truth and the sport they loved and were dismissed as "cowards" and "scumbags" by Verbruggen and McQuaid.
 

Buddfox

Veteran
Location
London
I was hoping he might have done this - based on the public info, I had thought if I'd been his shoes I'd have done the same. (And if I'd have donated money to his fund I'd have written to him asking him to use the money donated to go on the offensive)

Good luck to him!
 
The fight is strong in this one : Kimmage goes on the offensive.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (VN) — Paul Kimmage has taken the offensive against the Union Cycliste Internationale, filing a complaint against Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid “for slander/defamation, denigration and for strong suspicions of fraud.”

He tweets:

"I have lodged a criminal complaint against Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid. I have initiated these proceedings not for myself - this is not about Paul Kimmage, but on behalf of the whistle blowers - Stephen Swart, Frankie Andreu, Floyd Landis, Christophe Bassons, Nicolas Aubier, Gilles Delion, Graeme Obree and every other cyclist who stood up for truth and the sport they loved and were dismissed as "cowards" and "scumbags" by Verbruggen and McQuaid.
All I can say is... yipee! :bravo:
 
The fight is strong in this one : Kimmage goes on the offensive.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (VN) — Paul Kimmage has taken the offensive against the Union Cycliste Internationale, filing a complaint against Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid “for slander/defamation, denigration and for strong suspicions of fraud.”

He tweets:

"I have lodged a criminal complaint against Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid. I have initiated these proceedings not for myself - this is not about Paul Kimmage, but on behalf of the whistle blowers - Stephen Swart, Frankie Andreu, Floyd Landis, Christophe Bassons, Nicolas Aubier, Gilles Delion, Graeme Obree and every other cyclist who stood up for truth and the sport they loved and were dismissed as "cowards" and "scumbags" by Verbruggen and McQuaid.

I once spent 8 hours memorising 'io o il mal di gola' (I have got a sore throat) from a phrase book. I was in Bari, waiting for a ferry. That's all the Italian I know, but thanks for the post. :rolleyes:

When the pharmacy opened, I said, 'Io o il...', before the assistant said, ... il mal di gola?'

My spoken Italian is obviously impeccable.
 

Bollo

Failed Tech Bro
Location
Winch
Wait a goddam pickin' minute here! It's the PK Defense (sic) Fund, not the Offence Fund. I'm not completely comfortable with a fund set up to make sure PK has some financial protection being used for a clearly different purpose. Don't get me wrong. I'd love to see Pat and Hein feel the heat of a little court time and I'm sure most of the people who donated would happily see their money used to get them there. I'm worried for two reasons, the fund might still be needed for defence if Pat and Hein's decide to 'unsuspend' their action and critics of PK might seize on any perceived misuse of the fund as evidence of his general perfidy, moral bankruptcy etc.
 

007fair

Senior Member
Location
Glasgow Brr ..
Wait a goddam cotton pickin' minute here! It's the PK Defense (sic) Fund, not the Offence Fund. I'm not completely comfortable with a fund set up to make sure PK has some financial protection being used for a clearly different purpose. Don't get me wrong. I'd love to see Pat and Hein feel the heat of a little court time and I'm sure most of the people who donated would happily see their money used to get them there. I'm worried for two reasons, the fund might still be needed for defence if Pat and Hein's decide to 'unsuspend' their action and critics of PK might seize on any perceived misuse of the fund as evidence of his general perfidy, moral bankruptcy etc.
UCI just deciding to bow out is not on. What else can PK do ? Taking PK to court was just bravado because they needed to be seen to be reacting.. but in truth the last thing UCI want is a revealing court case. If PK does not do it who will ?
 
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