Post by Funkytown on Jun 1, 2018 17:15:43 GMT -6
Al Jazeera Says Peyton Manning Was "Source" Confirming Doping Claims in Film
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Full story here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/al-jazeera-says-peyton-manning-was-source-confirming-claims-sports-doping-film-1116340
In court briefs in an ongoing defamation case, the news network also states that its primary source only recanted after being visited by Manning's investigators.
In bombshell court papers unsealed in a defamation lawsuit against Al Jazeera America, the defunct cable news network says football legend Peyton Manning "confirmed" much of the doping allegations made against him by its primary source.
MLB superstars Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard are suing Al Jazeera over a documentary entitled The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers, which aired in late 2015 just weeks before the network went off the air and the baseball players brought their claims. The film was based on the reporting of Deborah Davies, with substantial assistance from Liam Collins, a British hurdler who went undercover. The report cited the word of Charlie Sly, who the network indicated was a pharmacist who had worked at the Guyer Institute in Indianapolis. After Al Jazeera's story came out and made a splash by dropping the names of big-name athletes like Manning, Dr. Dale Guyer denied that Sly was ever an employee. Sly also recanted his story.
Zimmerman denies doping, and in the lawsuit accuses the network of basing its report on "patently unreliable" sources including Sly, who himself provided written advisement before publication that statements attributed to him were false.
In March 2017, a federal judge rejected Al Jazeera's motion to dismiss, and the case moved to discovery.
In the past couple of months, the litigation has been shrouded in intense secrecy, but now some of the arguments pertaining to discovery efforts are emerging from cloak.
In bombshell court papers unsealed in a defamation lawsuit against Al Jazeera America, the defunct cable news network says football legend Peyton Manning "confirmed" much of the doping allegations made against him by its primary source.
MLB superstars Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard are suing Al Jazeera over a documentary entitled The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers, which aired in late 2015 just weeks before the network went off the air and the baseball players brought their claims. The film was based on the reporting of Deborah Davies, with substantial assistance from Liam Collins, a British hurdler who went undercover. The report cited the word of Charlie Sly, who the network indicated was a pharmacist who had worked at the Guyer Institute in Indianapolis. After Al Jazeera's story came out and made a splash by dropping the names of big-name athletes like Manning, Dr. Dale Guyer denied that Sly was ever an employee. Sly also recanted his story.
Zimmerman denies doping, and in the lawsuit accuses the network of basing its report on "patently unreliable" sources including Sly, who himself provided written advisement before publication that statements attributed to him were false.
In March 2017, a federal judge rejected Al Jazeera's motion to dismiss, and the case moved to discovery.
In the past couple of months, the litigation has been shrouded in intense secrecy, but now some of the arguments pertaining to discovery efforts are emerging from cloak.
UPDATE 6/1: Here's a statement from the Mannings' spokesperson:
"Al Jazeera’s self-serving claim that Peyton Manning’s attorneys 'confirmed' Al Jazeera’s allegations about Peyton Manning is absolutely false. In fact, information was provided to Al Jazeera that confirmed the Al Jazeera allegations about Peyton Manning were unfounded. In addition, the sole source for Al Jazeera’s allegations has publicly recanted them. Moreover, the NFL conducted an extensive investigation of the claims raised in Al Jazeera’s programs and found no evidence to support them. This is a desperate move by Al Jazeera to distract the courts from its own wrongdoing."
"Al Jazeera’s self-serving claim that Peyton Manning’s attorneys 'confirmed' Al Jazeera’s allegations about Peyton Manning is absolutely false. In fact, information was provided to Al Jazeera that confirmed the Al Jazeera allegations about Peyton Manning were unfounded. In addition, the sole source for Al Jazeera’s allegations has publicly recanted them. Moreover, the NFL conducted an extensive investigation of the claims raised in Al Jazeera’s programs and found no evidence to support them. This is a desperate move by Al Jazeera to distract the courts from its own wrongdoing."
Full story here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/al-jazeera-says-peyton-manning-was-source-confirming-claims-sports-doping-film-1116340
... and neither is this Chris guy.