Posted on 07/08/2009 2:37:21 AM PDT by bondjamesbond
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Former figure skating champion Nicole Bobek has been charged with being part of a Northern New Jersey drug ring.
The 31-year-old Bobek made her first court appearance Monday by video from the Hudson County Jail. (snip) She is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Hudson County.
Attorney Sam DeLuca entered a not guilty plea for Bobek. She was held on $200,000 bail and faces up to 10 years in prison if she's convicted. (snip)
Prosecutor Edward DeFazio says 20 people have been arrested in connection with the ring.
Bobek won the women's U.S. figure skating title in 1995.
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Interesting comments. I also read an article once that said that the combination of the jumps they must do and the way that figure skates are made are just a recipe for all sorts of trauma. In essence they are landing these jumps on a mixture or steel and wood - essentially no padding or cushion or anything of the sort. Injuries are the norm and I’m sure years of this sort of thing take their toll.
Mark
This article screams for a congressional figure skating oversight committee. First Tanya Harding and now Nicole Bobek. Something has to be done before more young women are harmed by this mentally demanding sport.
Senator Frankenstein (D-MN) has assumed absolute authority to govern crack. Look for updates w/ David Letterman with Trojan and Erectile Disfunctional sponsorships.
For most of us non-New Yaukehs upstate is anything past Yonkehs.
I’ve never known a competetive figure skater who wasn’t screwed up.
As did we all...
Obama needs to find a retired Afircan-American NHL player for Ice Czar.
Kevin Weekes! Used to watch him play in the minor league.
LOL....a professional Devil. Perfect for the current administration.
Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Kristie Yamaguchi...some turn out just fine.
Plus Dorothy Hamil’s hairdo was the best gift to American women ever,,my fave haircut of all times. She deserves a Nobel prize for hairdos.
She had fantastic, shiny hair. I used to love the way it fell when she’d do her spins...not a strand out of place. What a great haircut!
The wedge,,I would have died for her hair.
To the national press, Upstate NY is anything north of Westchester.
marry a girl off to a dentist or an NHL defenseman and they’ll turn out just fine.
Me too...I got stuck with the curly stuff.
She will be the prettiest girl in prison. If she dealt Meth or aided the distribution of Meth, tough!
I’m a skater, but never was competitive. We’re not all nuts.
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