Dr. Maserati said:
The LeMonds testified truthfully
...in the interests of making sure that things are on the straight and narrow could you please explain how you define the term truthfully in view of the following excerpts from the SCA trial...the exchange below is between Betsy Andreu and the defending attorney defending Tailwind ( this taken from a reference in an earlier post in this thread )
" Q. Now, you're aware that both Greg and Kathy LeMond testified that you told them that Mr. Armstrong had called your house in a panic because he was out of EPO, and he wanted some from Frank?
A. No, that's not right.
Q. It was a lie by both LeMonds?
A. That was incorrect.
Q. Well, it was a lie?
A. That was incorrect by the LeMonds. I don't know - how they got that.
Q. Are you aware that both LeMonds testified that you told them that you had witnessed Mr. Armstrong inject himself with performance-enhancing drugs?
A. No. That Lance told Frankie that.
Q. Well, are you aware that both of the LeMonds testified that you told them that?
A. No.
Q. If they did so testify, that would be a lie, wouldn't it?
A. That would be incorrect, yes.
Q. So it's your testimony that you never told either the -- either of the LeMonds the two stories that I just mentioned; right?
A. Correct.
Q. And you didn't tell them that because that never happened?
A. Correct. "
...and this exchange between Julian DeVriese, a Belgian mechanic who worked for Lemond and later for the Postal Service team, and the attorney defending Tailwind in the SCA trial ...here DeVriese was asked in the trial process to address specifically the accusations the Lemonds attributed to him about LA's drug use...
"Q. In your service as a mechanic for the USPS, did you ever observe Lance Armstrong engage in any prohibited conduct including, but not limited to, the use of any performance enhancing substance (“PES”)?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever observe any member of the USPS team use PES?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever assist in the procurement, transportation or disposal of any PES for the USPS or any member of the team?
A. No.
Q. Were you ever told by any member, coach, trainer or director of the USPS that any PES had been used by any USPS team member?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Greg LeMond that you had attended a training camp in the Pyrenees with Kevin Livingston, Tyler Hamilton, Lance Armstrong and Dr. Ferrari where they were using large amounts of drugs which were new, out of the system in 48 hours and could never be detected?
A. No, I did not. While I attended some training camps, I have never met a Dr. Ferrari. In fact, if you put 100 people in front of me I could not recognize him.
Q. Did you tell Kathy LeMond that Lance Armstrong had a positive drug test in 1999 for cortisone?
A. I may have mentioned that, I do not recall. However, that was reported in the newspapers, so it was no secret. I was told that it resulted from a cortisone cream used to treat saddle-sores, which are common among professional cyclists.
Q. Did you tell Kathy LeMond that the team security back-dated prescription for the cortisone?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Kathy LeMond that the UCI and/or the President of the UCI was paid $500,000 to keep quiet about the 1999 positive?
A. No. I am a bicycle mechanic and I would have no knowledge or information regarding such things, anyway.
Q. Did you tell Greg LeMond in April, 2001 that a French investigation dealing with the 2000 Tour de France was dismissed because you signed a false or fraudulent affidavit?
A. No.
Q. Did Lance Armstrong or Bill Stapleton request you to sign a false affidavit in connection with that investigation?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Greg LeMond or Kathy LeMond that the USPS team had refrigerators (“frigos”) on the bus for the purpose of keeping prohibited performance enhancing drugs refrigerated?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Emma O’Reilly that you transported drugs to members of the USPS team via a hollowed-out heel on your clogs?
A. No. Furthermore, I do not wear or own a pair of clogs.
Q. Did you, at a dinner in Perne la Fontaine, in July 2000, with Vera, Stephan, Dean Brewer, Jorge Jasson and the LeMond’s and their children present, tell those at dinner about a three-week training camp where the riders, including Lance, were on IVs doing drugs and experimenting with a drug that’s undetectable and out of the system in 48 hours?
A. No. I recall going to dinner the night after the reunion and that my wife and son were there. However, there was no conversation about PES by USPS or anyone else. I would never discuss any such topic at a dinner with my family or children.
Q. Did you, at the 10-year reunion in July, 2000 tell Greg or Kathy Lemond about any PES use by the USPS team or its members?
A. No.
Q. In your service as a mechanic for the USPS, did you ever observe Lance Armstrong engage in any prohibited conduct including, but not limited to, the use of any performance enhancing substance (“PES”)?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever observe any member of the USPS team use PES?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever assist in the procurement, transportation or disposal of any PES for the USPS or any member of the team?
A. No.
Q. Were you ever told by any member, coach, trainer or director of the USPS that any PES had been used by any USPS team member?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Greg LeMond that you had attended a training camp in the Pyrenees with Kevin Livingston, Tyler Hamilton, Lance Armstrong and Dr. Ferrari where they were using large amounts of drugs which were new, out of the system in 48 hours and could never be detected?
A. No, I did not. While I attended some training camps, I have never met a Dr. Ferrari. In fact, if you put 100 people in front of me I could not recognize him.
Q. Did you tell Kathy LeMond that Lance Armstrong had a positive drug test in 1999 for cortisone?
A. I may have mentioned that, I do not recall. However, that was reported in the newspapers, so it was no secret. I was told that it resulted from a cortisone cream used to treat saddle-sores, which are common among professional cyclists.
Q. Did you tell Kathy LeMond that the team security back-dated prescription for the cortisone?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Kathy LeMond that the UCI and/or the President of the UCI was paid $500,000 to keep quiet about the 1999 positive?
A. No. I am a bicycle mechanic and I would have no knowledge or information regarding such things, anyway.
Q. Did you tell Greg LeMond in April, 2001 that a French investigation dealing with the 2000 Tour de France was dismissed because you signed a false or fraudulent affidavit?
A. No.
Q. Did Lance Armstrong or Bill Stapleton request you to sign a false affidavit in connection with that investigation?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Greg LeMond or Kathy LeMond that the USPS team had refrigerators (“frigos”) on the bus for the purpose of keeping prohibited performance enhancing drugs refrigerated?
A. No.
Q. Did you tell Emma O’Reilly that you transported drugs to members of the USPS team via a hollowed-out heel on your clogs?
A. No. Furthermore, I do not wear or own a pair of clogs.
Q. Did you, at a dinner in Perne la Fontaine, in July 2000, with Vera, Stephan, Dean Brewer, Jorge Jasson and the LeMond’s and their children present, tell those at dinner about a three-week training camp where the riders, including Lance, were on IVs doing drugs and experimenting with a drug that’s undetectable and out of the system in 48 hours?
A. No. I recall going to dinner the night after the reunion and that my wife and son were there. However, there was no conversation about PES by USPS or anyone else. I would never discuss any such topic at a dinner with my family or children.
Q. Did you, at the 10-year reunion in July, 2000 tell Greg or Kathy Lemond about any PES use by the USPS team or its members?
A. No."
...now I'm sure there is a perfectly good explanation for the lack of a straight forward story-line here in the various sworn testimonies but I am not, at this time, privy to that explanation, but gosh darn it, I would dearly love to hear it...because on the face of it, someone is fibbing up a storm, and hardly being fully truthful...
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