Tonight on nightline, an american icons shattering confession. Lance armstrong coming clean about the lies that could cost his reputation, millions, and his live strong empire. Heartbreak or hoax . The tragic romance that never was. The curious case of a College Football star and his fake online girlfriend. Tonight, was he duped or did he know . And a dramatic rescue mission for american hostages held by terrorists in north africa. We have the latest as some of the missing make their way home. From new york city, this is nightline with bill weir. Good evening, thanks for staying up late with us tonight. Well, a cancer survivor wins the most grueling race in the world seven times clean. Its the kind of story we want to believe in, right . Well, tonight brought confirmation from Lance Armstrong that on the contrary, he was really a cheating, lying bully who spent years destroying the lives of anyone who dared speak the truth about his fraudulent fame. There was a time when such a man wou
She even came in to help make a sketch. Today, after just ten minutes of repeated questioning, she confessed. She finally admitted to it and stopped wasting everybodys time. Reporter Police Became suspicious when canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses and Surveillance Video turned up nothing. They zeroed in on the mother after learning she had a criminal history. Theres a lot of anger, with the amount of resources, not only for our detectives who are out there trying to solve legitimate crimes. Reporter yesterday, when we talked to nicole, she was emphatic about her story. I would be devastated if something were to happen to her. Reporter today she wasnt talking. Any idea why your mom would do this . Reporter the whole thing was fake. Are you serious . I kid you not. Wow. Wow. Thats disturbing. Reporter melissa says she even got warning from her kids school and had to remind them about stranger danger. I was angry when i heard it was a lie. I thought, wow, she put us through a lot o
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Mmhmm. No. But he flatly denied forcing his teammates to dope along with him. There was never a direct order to say you have do this if you want to be on the tour if you want to be on the team. That never happened. Armstrong also rejected accusations that he threw money at the Cycling Union to hide positive test results. This is impossible for me to answer this question and have anybody believe it. Yeah. It was not in exchange for any coverup. The 41yearold face that will not be the final word on the scandal. The 41yearold faces potential jail time and mull tillmilliondollar fines. Hes already been stripped of his Tour De France victories and permanently banned from the sport he put on the map that made him a superstar. I see the anger in people. I see people anger and disappointment. And betrayal. And betrayal. Its all there. And ill spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people for the rest of my life. The president of the World Antidoping Agency said if
2013. Good morning, everybody. Good to be with you. Im Terrell Brown. Lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. He admitted what many had suspected that he doped. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey armstrong said he started using performanceenhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven Tour De France championships any other way. With that more than a decade of lies and coverups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. This story was so perfect for so long. You overcome the disease, you win the Tour De France seven times, you have a happy marriages children. I mean its just this mythic perfect story. Yes. And it wasnt true. Former cyclist confessed the Oprah Winfrey and the world in a tv interview to using performanceenhancing drugs for most of his career including seven consecutive Tour De France. Epos ks not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. Did it feel wrong . At the time. Mmhmm. No.