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cycling: Lance Armstrong reaches out-of-court settlement

21 November 2013 by Veit Hammer

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Fallen US cycling star Lance Armstrong has settled out of court with Acceptance Insurance. The insurance company had filed a civil lawsuit against the Texan for fraud. How USA Today announced today that the company had once paid Armstrong a $3 million bonus. After his confession to Oprah Winfrey, the insurance company demanded the bonus back. The out-of-court settlement means that Armstrong also avoids being sworn in before a court.

In addition to Acceptance Insurance, insurance company SCA is also demanding a $12 million bonus back. The company turned down a $1 million settlement offer.





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More than Veit Hammer

Veit Hammer studied and did his doctorate in Germany, Norway and Japan. Before he was editor-in-chief of the digital bike magazine Velomotion from its launch in 2013, he worked for the magazine ProCycling and the online portals MTB-News and Rennrad-News.

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