Ray William Johnson
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
On to... Of course Lance isn't going to get away with everything, come on.
That same year, 2012, the United States Anti-Doping Agency steps in, and they aren't about to let all this slide.
And so they launch their own investigation, and they interview multiple teammates and staff members and insiders, and eventually the agency is able to gather an overwhelming amount of evidence that Lance was in fact on performance-enhancing drugs all through his cycling career.
And so they ban Lance from cycling for life, and they strip him of all seven Tour de France titles.
And just like that, everything starts collapsing for him.
Major sponsors drop him, people he previously sued to keep quiet, now they start suing him back.
And eventually, Lance decides it's finally time to come clean.
And he sits down for an interview with Oprah, and he admits everything.
Yes.
And while he didn't actually go to prison, in total, Lance ended up paying out an estimated $37 million in settlements, penalties, and legal fees due to this whole doping scandal.
So this guy appears to hate society, and he's about to get revenge on everyone.
Now the guy's name is Martin, and Martin is 24 years old, living in Tasmania.
And Martin, he's a weird guy.
He doesn't have a lot of friends, and this really bothers him.
But don't go feeling sorry for the guy just yet.
So one day in 1992, his whole life changes, because he's working as a handyman for this very wealthy woman.
And at one point, this woman, his boss, is driving him somewhere, and kaboom, they get into a terrible car accident.
And this accident is so bad that Martin is severely injured, while his boss actually dies.
Now, his boss was actually a pretty eccentric woman, and she liked Martin because, you know, he was always nice to her.
And she ends up leaving him a bunch of money in her will.