Lance Armstrong on Thursday was sued by a company that paid him about $12 million for three of his seven Tour de France wins that have since been stripped from him for his use of banned drugs.

SCA Promotions Inc alleges Armstrong and his management company, Tailwind Sports, defrauded SCA into paying Armstrong $12.1 million in bonuses and interest for his 2002, 2003 and 2004 Tour wins by lying about Armstrong’s use of performance-enhancing drugs during those events.

Last month, Armstrong ended years of vehement denial and admitted in a televised interview that he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles through the use of banned, performance-enhancing drugs.

Armstrong has been banned from cycling for life and stripped of race wins, including all of his Tour de France victories.

“Lance Armstrong cheated to win all of his Tour de France victories,” SCA Chief Executive Officer Robert Hamman said in a statement.

“As a result of Armstrong’s unjustly achieved victories, SCA paid $12,120,000 to Tailwind Sports Inc. SCA also suffered reputational damage and substantial loss of business.”

This will not be the first court battle between Armstrong and the Texas-based company, and the cyclist’s attorneys said the latest suit has no merit.

Due to doping allegations at the time, SCA refused to pay Armstrong $5m in bonus money that Tailwind Sports, the owner of Armstrong’s US Postal team, had promised him if he won a sixth Tour in 2004.

Tailwind Sports took out insurance coverage with SCA.

But SCA was ordered to pay up after Armstrong took the company to court, swearing under oath that he was a clean rider who won fairly.