Friday, May 18, 2007

The Landis Case gets Really Weird

OK, after Landis came up positive in the TdF, he called Greg Lemond. That's not weird, although Lemond has been pretty outspoken about doping in cycling (particularly concerning Armstrong). During that conversation, Lemond tells Landis that he (Lemond) was sexually abused by an uncle as a child. OK, that's kind of weird, but not all that weird. This is all weird:

As he was returning to his hotel with his wife he said he received a phone call from a man claiming to be his uncle. Mr. LeMond said the caller said many things including, "I am your uncle and if you want me to finish this... We can talk about how we used to hide your weenie."
Now that's pretty weird. But this is REALLY weird:

LeMond said that he called the local police last night and filed a police report. When he called the number back the voice mail referred to the name, "Will." LeMond believed that it was possibly Will Geoghegan, a close friend of Mr. Landis that is always at his side during official events.

Upon investigation by the police, the number that was used to call Mr. LeMond was identified as that of Mr. Geoghegan, and he was asked to stand and identify himself in the hearing room. Mr. Geoghegan stood from his chair behind Landis.

So, what you have is a close friend of Landis calling Lemond on the day before Lemond was scheduled to testify, pretending to be the uncle who abused Lemond as a child? WTF? And who the hell calls from their own phone? Do I now think he did it? Yeah, pretty much I do.