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Lance Armstrong Photo by Maryse Alberti, Courtesy of Sony Pictures ClassicsLance Armstrong sticks boot into David Walsh over character reference for paedophile
Lance Armstrong isn’t exactly renowned for letting bygones be bygones. As such it perhaps shouldn’t be all that surprising that the former cyclist should express his delight at the news that David Walsh gave a character reference for a former Irish Times journalist who has been convicted of grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl.
Independent.ie says it has heard from ‘a source’ that the letter was provided before Tom Humphries pleaded guilty to six offences, including the sexual exploitation and defilement of a child. He will be sentenced on October 24.
Walsh – the chief sports writer for the Sunday Times and author of Seven Deadly Sins about his pursuit of Armstrong – last week released a statement outlining why he had written a character reference for Humphries.
He explained: "The young girl whose trust Tom betrayed has suffered terribly from this crime. I wrote a personal character reference for Tom because we have been friends for 30 years and, despite the serious wrong he had done, I could not abandon him."
Lance Armstrong admits he was "a dick" in denying doping (+ audio)
Armstrong tweeted a link to the story, saying “This just warms my heart.”
Later, clearly regretting that wording, he added: “I was being facetious and in hindsight I regret it and am very sorry.”
But it was only the wording he regretted.
"His position is appalling and totally inexcusable,” he said of Walsh. "Having said that, it's not surprising. David does what David wants."
Armstrong then added: "Despite all of our differences, I say this knowing I have literally zero cred on issues regarding him."
Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.
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clearly, according to the text, Walsh is the one Lance inserted his boot into
the crux of this issue here, for me at least, is the way the press try to dictate morals - lacking awareness, it seems to have triggered an outbreak of similar moralising activity, spreading like an STD found on the sole of Lance's very own boot.
Looks like you're accusing Walsh of sexual abuse. That's not the case (read the article). Woud you mind if I tweeted this to Walsh? So his lawyers can get involved?
what's the betting he has the same lawyer as Jimmy Saville?
Comprehension failures everywhere. Tweet it and then get sued by IanMunro.
Welcome to this years edition of #facepalmwithlance
Lance Armstrong is 100% twat!
(Turns out I do know who he is).
A lying, cheating twat.
Still rather knock around with Lance than a NONCE!!
Would you seriously stick up for a mate turned nonce?
Are you accusing Walsh of being a nonce?
There's nothing that says that I have to be happy with either, Just because I think that Lance is a dirty low down piece of scum, doesn't mean I'm sticking up for Walsh.
Odd how you've jumped to your final question/assumption.
it's ok Lance - no one thinks you have a heart, nor a concept of warmth
you might try not retracting everything you've ever done and instead have the courage of your convictions, else you'll end up coming across as one giant arsehole, just sayin'
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