Shane Mosley is now fighting two opponents, Floyd Mayweather on May 1 and another one outside of the ring against his former anabolic steroid supplier, Victor Conte. The fight between Mosley and Conte is still unsettled for years. It all started when Victor Conte made a press statement that Mosley really knew that what he took were illegal anabolic steroids before the fight against Oscar dela Hoya in 2003. Mosley in return filed a $12 million defamation suit against the founder of BALCO who was already sentenced for selling steroids to prominent athletes. The case was originally filed in California in 2008 but was later drop by his lawyer and re-filed the case in New York.

Both parties were not able to settle anything in this weeks’ courtroom battle. It only turned into a heated argument as both sides air their case. Mosley’s lawyer described the hearing as hostile while Conte, on the otherhand, told the press after the hearing that they just want to muzzle him.

But the court battle did not end that day as Victor Conte allegedly decided to upload on YouTube portions of the deposition of Mosley in October 2009 where the boxer admitted that he knowingly used EPO. Conte told the NY Daily News that Mosley knew what he was taking and the dangers of taking it. “Mosley admits under oath he took EPO. He admits I explained how dangerous it was. He admits it would help for performance-enhancing purposes. And he admits that he took it before anyone could have checked with the boxing commission. Shane Mosley knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs,” said Conte.

Judd Burstein, Mosley’s lawyer, said that Conte has been inconsistent in his own testimony over the year s and they are firm to prove that. “Half of me is disappointed that I can’t just put all this behind for Shane. But on the other hand, destroying Mr. Conte in a courtroom is something I would almost pay to do,” said Burnstein. “I can hardly think of an activity that would be more fun to do, and easy. He’d be slinking off the witness stand trying to see if he can wear Groucho Marx glasses to disguise his identity,” he added.

The lawyer criticized Conte for uploading the video and said that it was already taken out of context. It could be used to create a false impression on his client. Burnstein explained that Mosley did not deny using EPO but he was misled by Conte about the legality of the product.

The YouTube video was an edited deposition of Mosley in 2009. It was composed of various clips from the questions asked by Conte’s lawyer to the boxer. He was asked on how his former trainer, Daryll Hudson brought him to BALCO where he was given with designer steroids and how Conte taught him on injecting the steroids EPO. Mosley admitted that he knew that it was EPO when asked by Conte’s lawyer. He was also asked if he knew that he was taking EPO before his testimony in the grand jury in December 2003. Mosley answered in the affirmative.

Burnstein told the media that the said video is not the complete deposition of Mosley and other important facts were omitted. They will also release to the public the entire deposition to counter the allegation of Conte.

Conte, on the other hand, compared the case to the suit filed against him by sprinter Marion Jones, who later admitted that she used anabolic steroids. She was sentenced 6 months for perjury. “The Mosley case is simply the Marion Jones case with boxing gloves. It didn’t turn out too well for Marion Jones either,” said Conte. The BALCO founder is confident that he will win the case. “The thing that we have that they don’t is the power of the truth.”

A link to the video can be found here

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