The publishers of Lance Armstrong's autobiographical books have moved to dismiss a proposed class action asserting that they misled consumers into believing they were buying an honest narrative of the disgraced cyclist's real life.
The suit was filed on January 22 on behalf of a class of thousands of California consumers after Armstrong admitted to television host Oprah Winfrey that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his seven Tour de France victories. Five Northern California residents who purchased one or both of Armstrong's books — It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life and Every Second Counts — sued the publishers for marketing as biographies predominantly works of "fiction."
