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David Walsh is a British sports reporter of the London Sunday Times. In 2001 he revealed that Lance Armstrong was treated by Michele Ferrari who was ruled guilty of sports abuse. In 2004, Walsh published the book LA confidential - The Secrets of Lance Armstrong together with French reporter Pierre Ballester about alleged drug abuse by Armstrong. It contains allegations by Armstrong's former masseuse Emma O'Reilly.

Walsh wrote about the book int he Sunday Times in terms which conveyed the impression that Armstrong was guilty of doping. Armstrong successfully sued the Sunday Times. Cases for defamation against Walsh and co-author Ballenger are still pending. Armstrong has been cleared by all drug tests and by an official UCI inquiry.

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