Barrus said:
Allright, show me the parts of these e-mails that look like it is blackmail or extortion? I have read the entire e-mail discussion and still have zeen nothing which can be seen as extortion or blackmail or anything that looks like that
From the Velonews story:
In a statement prefacing the email communication, the RadioShack team’s legal counsel writes, “In leveling these false and baseless accusations, Landis provided selected emails to multiple journalists in connection with his public statements on Wednesday evening. What was not conveyed were descriptions of the threatening text messages from Landis to others, including Lance Armstrong, that began more than two years ago.”
“Most recently,” the team statement continues,
“Landis and his team owner sent emails to a variety of parties, including Amgen, the race sponsor, and to the president of Trek Bicycle, an Armstrong and RadioShack corporate sponsor. As Landis’s sponsor put it, Amgen had killed Floyd’s plan for the California race after Landis was run out of the United Healthcare team. In that email and others, he suggests a spot for Floyd on the RadioShack team. Having been refused, Landis later communicated directly with Armstrong and threatened to “say directly that I’m going to accuse you and our former team mates of using blood doping and performance enhancing drugs to help you to win the three Tours de France in which we raced together.” Armstrong’s response to Landis was identical to the responses to the same type of threatening text messages received from Landis two years ago – there would be no consideration, money, team positions or anything else given in exchange for not airing false accusations.”
Shortly after the messages posted online Friday, Bicycling Magazine’s Joe Lindsey asked Armstrong, via Twitter, why he hadn’t posted his replies.
Armstrong answered “I never wrote back…,” adding that his only replies to Landis were text messages Armstrong sent Landis years ago, “in which I did respond, “do what you have to do, I can’t help you. Take care.”
Seems like something close to that to me.