The New York steroid trafficking probe headed by Albany County District Attorney David Soares has already nabbed Marion Jones, and named countless professional baseball players. Now, according to a report by the Albany Times-Union, the names of prominent entertainers have also been assoiated with the investigation - including Mary J. Blige, Wyclef Jean, 50 Cent, Timbaland and Tyler Perry.
In a story published Sunday (January 13), the Times-Union reported that a confidential source had said the aforementioned names had emerged in the investigation, although none of the entertainers have been accused of wrongdoing. Their names were associated with doctors and clinics who have ordered or prescribed steroids and human growth hormone as an anti-aging remedy - a use which has been unproven, but is widely prescribed, and illegal.
According to the investigation, thousands of
others across the nation have been named in addition to the entertainers. Some of the accused were allegedly shipped illegal steroids prescribed by Michael Diamond, a Long Island-based chiropracter who runs an anti-aging program from Manhattan's upscale Clay Gym, reports the Times-Union. Others were allegedly prescribed the hormones by Dr. Gary Brandwein, who was indicted on drug-related felonies and has plead not guilty. He was reportedly the doctor who prescribed steroids to pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who last summer murdered his wife and son before killing himself.
A spokesperson for Blige told the New York Times, "Mary J. Blige has never taken any performance-enhancing illegal steroids," nor had she ever taken anti-aging steroids.
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