UK Times Sues Lance Armstrong for $1.6M

Remember that time you sued for libel over doping allegations?
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 23, 2012 9:45 AM CST
UK Times Sues Lance Armstrong for $1.6M
In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas.   (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File)

Britain's Sunday Times once paid Lance Armstrong $485,000 to settle a libel lawsuit over doping allegations, and it would like its money back: In more bad news for the disgraced cycling champ, the Times has filed legal paperwork "demanding a return of the settlement payment plus interest, as well as its costs in defending the case." The grand total? Likely to be north of $1.6 million. The original suit was settled in 2004, notes the AP. (More Times of London stories.)

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