Russian athletes allege libel by ex-anti-doping agency head
NEW YORK — Three Russian biathletes sued the country’s former anti-doping laboratory director on Tuesday, saying he severely damaged or destroyed their careers with lies.
The athletes filed a $30 million libel lawsuit in Manhattan state Supreme Court against Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, who lives in hiding in the U.S.
Rodchenkov’s lawyer, Jim Walden, called the lawsuit “a silly stunt with no chance of survival.”
He added that “it will in no way affect Dr. Rodchenkov’s brave decision to continue to tell the truth and testify against wrong doers.”