Lawyers representing Dr Michele
Ferrari, the physician banned for life for his alleged role in
doping scandals, have cautioned distributor Videa from releasing
Stephen Frears' film The Program about the seven-times Tour de
France champion Lance Armstrong in Italian cinemas.
"Dr Ferrari never gave Lance Armstrong erythropoietin
(EPO)," the doctor's lawyers said.
The lawyers also asked for the film to be confiscated and
threatened to sue for damages.
The Program is based on the book by Irish sports journalist
David Walsh, who had a key role in uncovering the doping
programme that saw Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor,
receive a lifetime ban from sport and stripped of all his Tour
titles in 2012.
Ben Foster stars in the role of Armstrong and Guillaume
Canet is Dr Ferrari.
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