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A federal judge in California has sided with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Armstrong and the publishers of his famous autobiographies by reꦍjecting claims in a lawsuit that the lies in the books about not using performance-enhancing drugs amounted to fraud and false advertising.

US District Judge Morrison England wrote in the ruling: "The Court concludes, despite plaintiffs' allegations that the Armstrong books contained false and misleading statements, that the content of the books is afforded full First Amendment protection", according to USA Today.

Five readers of the 'It’s Not About the Bike' and 'Every Secon𒆙d Counts' had filed a suit in Sacramento federal court against the books publishers Random House, Armstrong, his manager Bill Stapleton and associate Thomas Weisel, asking for more than $5 million in damages, claiming they were fooled by the books and that they should have been described as fiction.

At the time the books were considered as inspirational, especially for cancer sufferers, and true accounts of Armstrong career and comeback from testicular cancer. Their contents were shown not to be true after Armstrong was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:suspended by the United S๊tates Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), lost his seven-To✤ur de France victo🐟ries and then confessed to doping.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Armstrong's confession ran counter to the stories in the two tomes, in w�꧅�hich credited his bout with cancer with changing his physiology and mental strength and allowing him to win his seven Tours de France.

In hawking his books on a promotional tour, Armstrong denied doping, and the plaintiffs argued that these lies should be considered commercial speech, which would rule out First Amendment protection. However, the judge disagreed: "The promotional materials relating to the Books are inextricably intertwined with the books' contents, whic♔h is non-commercial speech," England stated. "Thus, these promotional materials are also entitled to full First Amendment protection as noncommercial speech."

The books publishers argued that the First Amendment gives Armstrong the right to lie, and asked the judge to dismiss the suit𝓀.

Armstrong is fighting a string of legal battles since his confession to doping. He recently 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:settled with the Sunday Times newspaper in Britain and is being pursued by companies hoping to recover bonu𒈔ses paid out for Armstrong major victories. He is also named in a multi-✨million dollar whistleblower suit.