Andrea Iannone no longer really knows which way to turn, but he can trust his lawyer. It must be said that it takes a good one to unravel this astonishing verdict from a court which recognizes the innocence of the accused in a doping case to better sentence him to 18 months of suspension. It will therefore be necessary to appeal to the CAS for a clearer decision. An outcome that the lawyer envisages with optimism. There remains the deadline for the procedure…
Andrea Iannone is confirmed in his position demonstrating that he did not knowingly take the doping product found in his body. Contamination occurred through the consumption of spoiled food. However, he was sanctioned and his career is on hold until 16th June 2021. Suffice to say that on a MotoGP scale, it is over…
But the game is not over. Joe the Maniac's lawyer, Antonio De Rensis, will appeal to the CAS. And here’s how he envisions what’s next: “ there is great satisfaction » he begins surprisingly on Moto.it. But he supports: “ from a technical point of view, all defensive arguments were accepted, including photos produced by other pilots, mentioned in the reasons. Andrea has no connection with the voluntary use of doping and our thesis on food contamination is affirmed. The prosecution's case based on photos of Andrea in boxer shorts and quotes from Wikipedia was completely dismantled. »
However… " The surprise remains for the sanction imposed, but in this sense the CAS jurisprudence is very clear, as evidenced by the dozens of athletes acquitted for food contamination. We therefore go to the TAS with great confidence : we will file the appeal in April, hoping that the decision will be quick. We will not have to redo a scientific path since the judges confirmed that it was contaminated. It shouldn't be too long. »
The lawyer is nevertheless a little surprised by the conviction of a man declared innocent… “ Before, I was very pragmatic: for me, the most important result is the recognition of food contamination. At this point, thesis being accepted, I was expecting zero months… Now we're going to talk to the CAS about 18 months, but the most important piece was the recognition that Andrea Iannone is a clean athlete. We will see if he will be the first pilot in the world convicted of food contamination… For the moment we are taking advantage of this first result of food contamination, also for the image of the man who, I assure you, has suffered a lot »
« In this case, I was rather sorry for the prosecutor's unnecessarily verbally aggressive attitude, who even allowed himself to interrupt Dr. Solomon, asking him if he was sure of what he was saying. I believe that balance must be the basis of any procedure » concludes the defender who thus lifts the veil on a more vague aspect of this whole affair... Which one day will have to be clarified.
