It is exactly because of the way that Rumsas (both Raimondas and his wife) were treated by French authorities that Armstrong would be well advised to be cautious of going in to Italy. I'm no expert on Italian law, but he'd be a fool to go if there is a chance of him being detained due to the charges of "sporting fraud, violence and intimidation of a witness". Some of those allegations seem to be much more nebulous than being caught with a trunk load of performance enhancing drugs in your car. I'm still trying to figure out the violence charge, as I do not remember hearing of Armstrong physically contacting Simeoni. Even if you are innocent until proven guilty, it can take a while until the wheels of justice turn, and the Italian legal system is not particularly known for it's expediency. Why should Armstrong give some hot shot prosecutors the opportunity to get their own names in the headlines by detaining him?

Although I think Armstrong's antics with chasing down Simeoni were a grade A bonehead move, I agree with ultra-g: Armstrong is innocent until proven guilty. Not alleged to be, not rumored to be, not claimed to be a doper by some journalist trying to make a buck or some pundit who has probably never even met Armstrong.

(Edit: By the way, that last comment about a pundit is not aimed at figaro personally. I just find it amazing how many people are convinced that Armstrong, Hamilton, insert the name of your favorite racer here__________ either is or is not a doper, when they've probably never met the person in question.)