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Thu Apr 8, 2021, 08:08 AM Apr 2021

son of Lance Armstrong accused of assault

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/son-of-cyclist-lance-armstrong-accused-of-sexual-assault-according-to-austin-police/

Son of cyclist Lance Armstrong accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old, Austin police say
LOCAL
by: Andrew Schnitke

The affidavit says 21-year-old Luke David Armstrong sexually assaulted a 16-year-old after a party in south Austin in June 2018. He was 18 at the time.

Armstrong’s attorney, Randy Leavitt, denied the allegations and claimed that the two were in a consensual relationship that lasted months. He said the Armstrong family is supporting their son and is gathering evidence to present to the district attorney which dispute the victim’s claims.

“What occurred three years ago in high school was not a crime and was not a sexual assault. It was a consensual relationship then and continued consensually between two young people with both ultimately going their separate ways,” Leavitt said. “These charges should not have been filed and certainly not three years later.”

The victim told police in November 2020 that she asked Armstrong to pick her up from the party after she had been drinking. The victim says she didn’t remember the ride in Armstrong’s truck but remembered waking up on a couch at a house where Luke lived and being sexually assaulted, the affidavit says.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/son-of-cyclist-lance-armstrong-accused-of-sexual-assault-according-to-austin-police/
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