Rodchenkov's lawyer Jim Walden has refuted reports of his client's alleged suicide attempt, saying that the main WADA's witness "is happy, healthy, and has been working productively with anti-doping and criminal authorities."
The statement comes hours after a law enforcement source told Sputnik that Rodchenkov tried to commit suicide in Washington on June 19.
"We received information about Grigory Rodchenkov's suicide attempt on June 19 in a Washington flat rented out for him by the FBI in district Columbia," the source said.
The source noted that a lawsuit from three biathletes worth $30 million was being considered one of the reasons.
In 2016 Grigory Rodchenkov became WADA's main witness in the case against the Russian national Olympic team over doping allegations; he claimed he that had organized switching urine samples for clean ones and also committed to giving athletes a doping Duchess Cocktail.
As a result, 43 Russian athletes were banned for life and the Russian team faced harsh restrictions during the Olympic Games, despite the fact, there was no evidence other than his statements.
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However, he later retracted a major part of his accusations against the Russian athletes, claiming that he had never distributed the Duchess Cocktail, seen an athlete taking the mixture, or "tampering with a doping sample."
