The suit filed by Ryan Howard was expected, and is being filed against Al Jazeera, their reporter Deborah Davies, and their “undercover” mole for the story, British hurdler Liam Collins.
The law suit is in response to a recent documentary broadcast by the media entity titled “The Dark Side” (full broadcast below), which covered the topic of athletes using prohibited substances in order to recover from injuries and/or enhance performance.
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The documentary claimed that Howard and other high-profile professional athletes, including fellow baseball player Ryan Zimmerman, football players Peyton Manning and James Harrison, boxer Mike Tyson, and numerous others used performance enhancing drugs.