One of the respondents in the Alabama Mobile Pharmacy case received 6 years and 6 months prison term. Jodi C. Silvio, 51, was a part owner and secretary of the Applied Pharmacy Services. The pharmacy was involved in illegal prescription of anabolic steroids with clients from across the country. Some of the prominent names in professional sports were also linked to the pharmacy. Some of them were baseball players like Jose Canseco and UFC middleweight champion Shane Carwin. Silvio’s length of sentence was based on his direct involvement in the operation of the compounding pharmacy. Aside from being a part owner of the business, he also served as the supervising pharmacist.

U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade however, allowed a 6 months extension of his sentence when the sister of the accused pleaded for a delay in the verdict. Lydia Bennett, sister of Silvio’s ex-wife asks the court to grant her request because she will be undergoing a bone marrow transplant to treat her leukemia.

Bennet told the court that she needs her sister to look after her for at least 100 days until she recovered from the operation. Jodi, on the other hand, will be the only one who could take good care of their adopted child. “We desperately need Jodi to take care of K.J. while I fight for my life,” Bennett said. The Press Register reported that Judge Granade is also open to another possible extension if Bennett needs more time.

Meanwhile, Cumberland County Circuit Court dismissed the charges on 3 Cumberland County School employees. The case is about a high school athlete who was given by his coach with anabolic steroids to gain muscle mass. Benjamin Dodd, a 17-year old football player of the Stone Memorial High School filed the charges after he became sick and suffered serious side effects of steroids. The suit claimed that Dodd and his mother did not know that the over-the-counter supplement given to the athlete contain steroids.

Jim Wilson, a part time coach of the school provided the anabolic steroid to Dodd when the latter asked for assistance on what particular supplement he could take to obtain better muscles. Dodd suffered from headaches, chest pains and violent mood swings which persisted for months. The school conducted an inquiry and they found out that the pills were anabolic steroids.

The Circuit Court ruled that the charges on the 3 employees from the school; Tony Akins, Scott Maddox and Dr. Janet Brooker were not sufficient to prove that they were negligent. “As to the viable negligence claims asserted by plaintiff involving such defendants there would be liability on the part of Cumberland County Board of Education, if proven. Accordingly, all claims against the individual defendants Scott Maddox, Tony Akins and Dr. Janet Brooker are hereby dismissed, preserving, however, plaintiffs remaining negligence claims against the Cumberland County Board of Education and all negligence and intentional tort claims against Jim Wilson, individually,” said in the court’s decision.

The court also noted that the plaintiff failed to prove that there was a civil conspiracy between the board and the employees. “The defendant Cumberland County Board of Education has no liability for intentional acts committed by others including defendant Jim Wilson, and to the extent liability for intentional acts of Jim Wilson or others is asserted, such claims are found to be without legal basis or support and are hereby dismissed.”

Coach Wilson already pleaded guilty for selling anabolic steroids and received 6-year suspended sentence. The Crossville Chronicle reported that Wilson sold Oxymetholone, a type of steroid that is used in the treatment of anemia and osteoporosis. However, when used by athletes, this steroid can be helpful in gaining competitive advantage because it helps develop muscles.

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