After leaving the Doctors' Tribunal on Tuesday, former British Cycling and Team Sky coach Shane Sutton said in an interview with the BBC's Dan Lawn that he was the victim of bullying by Richard Freeman's lawyer, Mary O'Rourke.

Sutton was called to testify in court after a British Anti-Doping investigation found documents indicating that Freeman had received a sachet of banned testosterone at British Cycling headquarters, and after Freeman admitted lying about the order. Freeman is accused by the General Medical Council (GMC) of 22 different violations related to ordering banned drugs, improper clinical procedures, and record keeping. Freeman denies only four of these charges, all of which relate to motive for ordering prohibited drugs

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Freeman has accused Sutton of bullying him into ordering them, purportedly to treat the Australian's erectile dysfunction, but at Tuesday's hearing Sutton vehemently denied any such issue, insisting that he had nothing to do with the order of 30 bags of test gel.

Attempting to question Sutton's character, O'Rourke said that in recent weeks several witnesses have come forward to say that Sutton is "a liar, a doper, and a bully."

The exchange made Sutton so angry that he stormed out of the hearing and refused to return. He told the BBC that he would discuss his testimony with his family before deciding whether to return on Thursday.

"I would like to step away and reflect on what was said, and then return on Thursday to consider defending any allegations regarding this case," Sutton said. 'I'm quite disappointed that I'm being singled out and I feel like I'm on trial. I need to talk to my family and discuss whether or not I should return to give any further evidence. After all, I am fully aware that I have not given such an order, so I will return on Thursday and if I do return I will continue to repeat it."

Sutton resigned from British Cycling in April 2016 after track cyclist Jess Burnish accused him of sexism and bullying. An independent review of the culture of the British Cycling Federation concluded that there was a "culture of fear," a "dysfunctional leadership structure," and that the investigation into Jess Burnish's claims of sexism against Shane Sutton was "inept."

The report found that bullying Although it did not uphold the accusations, it criticized Sutton for having significant power in the high performance program and demoralizing fellow staff members and athletes, despite not having the skills necessary for the role of technical director.

Sutton was criticized for calling para-athletes "wobblies" and "gimps" and female athletes "sheilas" and "bitches."

When O'Rourke called him a "serial liar" and a "dope," Sutton lashed out. On the street he told the BBC about O'Rourke: "It's obvious that people who don't know me are trying to discredit me. Like I said in there, she doesn't know me. Like I said in there, she doesn't know me, and it's very sad to think that my 12-year-old son sees his father being accused of being a bully.