Dec 28 2008
Mosley Pressed by Conte’s Revelation about His Steroids Use
The founder of supplement company who has a connection to the supply of performance enhancing drugs to professional athletes, Victor Conte, detailed his selling of steroids to Shane “Sugar” Mosley in court papers according to the report published by the USA Today. Conte is reported to provide details of the drugs he purportedly supplied to Mosley including the amount of money he charged to the professional boxer before his 2003 title fight against “The Golden Boy,” Oscar De La Hoya.
The report featured in Super Sport detailed that Mosley paid an amount that ranges between $600 and $900 for steroids and a blood boosting drug. Conte stated that Mosley used to visit him to obtain steroids directly from his office using limousine according to the USA Today report.
Specifically, Conte stated in court that Mosley paid $900 for the blood boosting drug EPO alone and another $600 for steroids, which are familiar as “the clear” and “the cream.” Conte also added that he charged Mosley for additional payment for the limousine he used, which was $500 in cash and $1,350 by personal cheque.
Now, Conte is trying to dismiss the defamation suit filed by Mosley against him in New York state court. The suit asserted the information released by Conte to newspapers claiming he witnessed the professional boxer as he injected himself with blood boosting EPO and that Mosley is aware what he was actually taking.
The World Boxing Council informed the public earlier this month that they are instigating the ex-world champion after the claim against him broke out including his doping admission to a grand jury.The 37-year-old professional boxer had sworn statement in the Balco steroid scandal. There he confessed his usage of performance enhancing drugs before his fight against De La Hoya. And his confession was subject by court officials to public scrutiny.
“It was a real surprise to read that Mosley has confessed that he did take those medicines, those drugs that are totally prohibited by the WBC,” said by WBC president Jose Sulaiman.
“WBC rules state that we must have a hearing. This is a matter of serious concern to us,” he added. According to several reports, Mosley told Balco grand jury before that he used EPO and steroids during his training. However, he insisted that he is already taking illegal drugs—a claim similar to Bonds, Tim Montgomery, and Marion Jones.
“I believe it is time for Shane Mosley to receive the consequences he deserves for lying about his use of performance enhancing drugs,” stated by Conte in an e-mail. “Other athletes associated with BALCO who have lied about their use of drugs have been banned from their sport, stripped of their records and medals and even spent time in jail.”
Also, Sulaiman has requested WBC lawyers to collect evidence about the matter and present facts of his investigation to WBC officials, which can disqualify or require Mosley to pay a fine.”Thus far, the WBC has seen only press reports and must therefore investigate any available evidence and review it, in terms of the WBC rules and regulations’ anti-doping provisions,” uttered by Robert Lenhardt, WBC legal adviser.
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