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IAAF may sue Butch Reynolds for libel
LONDON. Dec 5: The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) satd on Friday it may sue world
400 meters record holder Butch Reynolds for libel reports Reuter.
Further disciplinary action against Reynolds could also be taken, the IAAF said in the wake of the dollar 27.3 million damages award made to the American by an Ohio court on Thursday.
The IAAF suspended Reynolds for two years in 1990 for what it said was a positive dope test, but the American has continued to protest his innocence.
His US lawyers vowed to pursue the IAAF relentlessly to collect the money after the court found In favour of the athlete.
The IAAF dismissed the award as "worthless" outside Ohio and added: ' Furthermore, in continuing this campaign against the IAAF, he has made a number of libellous allegations about the conduct of the IAAF and its officials.
"Initially, the IAAF took no legal action against Mr
Reynolds, regarding these outbursts as representing merely the frustration of justifiably punished athlete.
"However, at the next IAAF council meeting the , IAAF council will consider the possibility of commencing proceedings against Mr Reynolds for libel and taking further disciplinary action against him so that the IAAF may defend the honour of its members, accredited laboratories, arbitration panel members, medical committee and doping commission members and officials."
The council's next meeting is scheduled for Jakarta on January 22-24.
The IAAF insisted that Reynolds' home town courts had no jurisdiction over the Britain-based world governing body.
"The award of damages is effective only in Ohio. In lAAFs view, this judgement is worthless as it has been obtained by a court which does not have any jurisdiction to consider the matter.
'The IAAF position remains that Mr Reynolds was tested positive for drugs . . . nothing Mrk Reynolds has done dis-
proves that.
"Mr Reynolds continues to assert his innocence where no reasonable grounds exist for doing so."
The federate added: "The IAAF has in the past stressed the serious problems which can derive from the Interference of civil courts, mainly in
the USA, on the decisions taken by sports organisations throughout the world.
The IAAF fears that this problem can in the future create a grave risk and cause serious damage to major sports events everywhere, particularly in the US for the Olympic
Games in Atlanta in 1996."
Mimi Dane, an attorney for Reynolds, said the federal court ruling was valid and would be collected despite the .
‘IAAF statement
The federal court has spoken," Dane satd from her office in Columbus, Ohio. The IAAF comments support the court'? decision that the IAAF was acting in a vindictive manner. The judgement is valid and will be collected.'
American attorneys arid law professors are saying the IAAF is wrong when ft says the decision Is worthless outside of Ohio. They say the US constitution requires all states to enforce valid court judgements.
Dick Pond, an OIC executive board member from Canada, said The judgement does great damage to the credibility of the Untied States.
The end result Is there will be no international competition awarded to the United States if we are going to get caught up in this nonsense where everything we do Is reviewed by US courts, awarding all sorts of damages, making it possible to seize TV sponsorship money. Hey, ,we don't need >hf« *