Judge rejects Conte’s motion in Mosley lawsuit

NEW YORK (AP)—A judge has rejected BALCO founder Victor Conte’s motion for summary judgment of boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley’s defamation lawsuit.

Mosley accuses Conte of lying when he repeatedly said the former three-division world champion knowingly took illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Conte’s Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative was at the center of the scandal that enmeshed Barry Bonds and many other athletes.

Mosley lawyer Judd Burstein said Wednesday that Justice Louis York of the New York State Supreme Court rejected Conte’s request. A summary judgment would have ended the suit in Conte’s favor before the case went to trial.

Mosley has said he unwittingly used steroids produced by BALCO.