The protracted case between former UCI president Hein Verbruggen and former rider and journalist Paul Kimmage has finally come to a close with a court ruling that Kimmage must pay Verbruggen 12,000 Swiss Francs, including legal fees. Following a six-hour session in the Swiss courts, Kimmage posted a picture of the ruling on Twitter.
As well as the hefty payout to Verbruggen, Kimmage must also pay legal fees and is forbidden from saying that Verbruggen knew about and tolerated ‘masked doping controls’ and that he failed to apply the rules in the case of Lance Armstrong’s backdated TUE. Kimmage could face a further penalty if he goes against this ruling. He has already been forced to pay the legal fees of the UCI and Pat McQuaid, who were initially part of the case.
Kimmage thanked the people that had supported him during the case but also lamented the lack of press outside the courtroom. “Spent almost 6 hours today in a courtroom - public hearing - with one of the most powerful administrators in sport,” he wrote on Twitter. “Not one camera present. Not one journalist present. Not even a chamois-sniffer! And people wonder how cycling got fucked.”
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The case has been a longwinded one and has seen its fair share ups and downs in and out of the court.
Verbruggen filed his initial application in October 2011, seeking damages from Kimmage for comments made in articles he wrote for the Sunday Times and interviews he gave to L’Équipe and satirical website NYVelocity.com. The court has also ordered Kimmage to inform the three publications of the ruling.
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