But even the confession of wrongdoing was not enough to satisfy the SEC, which is investigating the company's accounts.

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Files released in 1991 - spanning incidents from 1971 to 1991 - also showed a pattern of failure to report sexual abuse to the police, even when a confession had been made.

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And the lawsuit said he even met Armstrong years before the confession.

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World Anti-Doping Agency officials said nothing short of "a full confession under oath" would even cause them to reconsider the ban.

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"Even if you view this as a confession, since Simpson can't be tried again, he's basically just thumbing his nose at the authorities and thumbing his nose at the Goldman family who he grew to hate during the course of the trial, " he said.

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