Victor Conte Responds to Angel Heredia’s Defamation Suit
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing (Nov 10, 2011) Doghouse Boxing
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Photo: Victor Conte
It was reported by BoxingScene.com's Rick Reeno that Juan Manuel Marquez’s strength-and-conditioning coach, Angel “Memo” Heredia, had indeed filed a defamation suit against Victor Conte. Conte brought to light (via Twitter) the true identity of the man HBO’s “24/7” referred to as Angel Hernandez. Reporters picked up the story of Heredia’s past involvement with allegedly dealing performance-enhancing drugs (like the blood doping agent EPO and human growth hormone) to track coaches on the world stage. Heredia was also a key informant in the cases of coaches Trevor Graham and Raymond Stewart.
 
The Marquez camp claims they knew nothing of the man who went on German TV in a revealing documentary aired during the 2009 World Track and Field Championship in Berlin. The documentary demonstrated how easy it was to buy EPO in a Mexico City pharmacy and featured Heredia injecting it into himself on camera. That is plausible considering not even HBO knew who he was until the story broke on Conte’s Twitter account where he posted several interviews of Heredia discussing his testimonies and his past. Our own Steve Kim picked up the story and ran with and it has spread like wildfire ever since.
 
Heredia was quoted by Reeno as saying, “There is a lawsuit pending, a lawsuit against [Conte]. That's why I can't comment too much on it. We filed the lawsuit. It makes me laugh because the guy is just a hypocrite. The guy has not only been convicted but he's also a liar. It's obvious he's jealous of me. I guess he feels because I'm being a part of boxing today, that I'm going to be his competition again. His athletes could end up being mine and he knows that I have a background [in strength-and-conditioning and an] education. He doesn't have a degree. He's always been jealous. And even before he was talking about me, he was always talking about Alex Ariza and always talking about Manny [Pacquiao],” Hernandez added.
Conte, the co-founder of BALCO who did time for his involvement in his company’s doping and steroids scandal, was sued for defamation by Marion Jones and Shane Mosley, who were both implicated in the case. Conte won both cases. In a text message sent to me by Conte, he said, “‘Memo's’ defamation lawsuit against me makes no sense. The truth is a defense, in and of itself. I'm 2-0 against the frivolous defamation lawsuits filed against me by Marion Jones and Shane Mosley. In my opinion, this is nothing more than a PR stunt. All I have done is to tell the truth.”
 
More details to follow on this developing story. 
 
Please be sure to check out our new video featuring our own Steve Kim and videographer Brian Harty’s excellent coverage of Manny Pacquiao in preparation for his Saturday night showdown against Juan Manuel Marquez. You can find it right here.

You can email Gabriel at maxgmontoya@gmail.com, follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/gabriel_montoya and catch him on each Monday’s episode of “The Next Round” with Steve Kim. You can also tune in to hear him and co-host David Duenez live on the BlogTalk radio show Leave-It-In-The-Ring.com, Thursdays at 5-8 PM PST. Gabriel is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.

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You can email Gabriel at maxgmontoya@gmail.com, follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/gabriel_montoya and catch him on each Monday’s episode of “The Next Round” with Steve Kim. You can also tune in to hear him and co-host David Duenez live on the BlogTalk radio show Leave-It-In-The-Ring.com, Thursdays at 5-8 PM PST. Gabriel is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America.

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