By Mark Vester
Judd Burstein, the lawyer representing WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley in his ongoing defamation suit against Victor Conte, was not a happy camper on Friday.
Burstein emailed BoxingScene.com his feedback on a news brief that ran on the website yesterday afternoon. The news brief was based on an article that ran in the New York Daily News , which outlined the recent events in the Mosley vs. Conte legal battle.
Mosley filed his legal suit against Conte, founder of the BALCO Lab, in 2008 - after Conte told reporters in several interviews that Mosley knew exactly what he was taking and the nature of the drugs were clearly explained to him. Mosley had purchased, and used, drugs from the BALCO Lab prior to the 2003 rematch with Oscar De La Hoya.
Mosley claims he was misled by Conte, and was never advised about the illegal nature of the drugs. On Thursday, Burstein and Conte failed to reach a settlement during a conference held in a Manhattan courtroom.
A few days ago, a video was posted on Youtube by Conte, where Mosley admits, during a video deposition, that he knew Conte had provided him with EPO, a banned performance enhancer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JMIB7g1mq0
Burstein was upset with BoxingScene for:
A. Not contacting him for a direct quote [although we used his quotes from the same NY Daily News article].
B. Writing a conclusion based on Conte's Youtube video. [I never made any conclusion in one direction or the other. I just stated what was published in one of the largest newspapers in the United States]
C. For writing something based on an article written by Nathaniel Vinton, a sports writer for the New York Daily News, and someone who Burstein referred to in his email as " a recognized shill for Victor Conte and writer of one-sided and dishonest articles pertaining to the Mosley-Conte suit." [I was never aware that Mr. Vinton was a Conte shill, but now I am well educated on the matter].
Burstein wrote in the same email, that in his " opinion " - " there is only two rational explanations for Vinton’s conduct: Conte is paying him with money or for sex ." I assume Burstein's meant to write "with sex" - unless the angry counselor believes Conte and Vinton are playing ball for the pink team. If Conte happens to be in the business of peddling some prime stock, I'm in the market for a tall red head.
The unedited videos of Mosley's deposition were released by Burstein on Friday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siTOPlalf0o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyiusSlHDuY
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