These findings don't show that unethical behavior is somehow ingrained in people of higher status, Piff says.

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"We hadn't seen something as unethical in a sports competition before, " he said.

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"Now that their biased allegations must finally be presented openly in a court of law, they won't be able to hide their unethical misconduct from the public any longer, " attorney Mike Rains said.

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