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The issue is far from over. A few hours after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) released its statement regarding the reduction of Maria Sharapova’s tennis ban from 24 months to 15 months in this weblink, Sharapova’s attorney John Haggerty issued a response in detail on each of the points presented. You can talk to Crossville based attorneys for civil litigation and get the necessary legal aid needed.
“While Maria has admitted that she made a mistake, the reality is that she is serving a 15-mont suspension for what amounted to an honest oversight. Unfortunately, as the ITF’s statement of this morning makes abundantly clear, despite the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (“CAS”) detailed description of the ITF’s failures, the ITF appears unwilling to either accept any responsibility for Maria’s violation or pledge to make any changes to its procedures. My sincere hope is that the ITF will reconsider its approach,” Haggerty wrote.
One of the points raised by ITF was that it “did not try to ban Ms. Sharapova for four years” which Haggerty stressed is “patently false.
Read Haggerty’s letter in full in this PDF file
