Posted on 06/27/2006 10:41:35 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Rush Limbaugh Under New Investigation Sign In to E-Mail This Print Save By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 27, 2006 Filed at 11:45 a.m. ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Rush Limbaugh could see a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case collapse after authorities found a bottle of Viagra in his bag at Palm Beach International Airport. The prescription was not in his name. Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at the airport after returning from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found the Viagra in his luggage but his name was not on the prescription, said Paul Miller, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. Miller said the alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor. The sheriff's office was investigating and will soon turn the case over to the state attorney's office, which had no immediate comment Tuesday. Under the deal reached last month with prosecutors, Limbaugh was not to be arrested for any infraction for 18 months in exchange for authorities deferring a charge of ''doctor shopping.'' Prosecutors had alleged the conservative talk-show host illegally deceived multiple physicians to receive overlapping painkiller prescriptions. Limbaugh also must submit to random drug tests and continue treatment for his admitted addiction to painkillers. Limbaugh's doctor had prescribed the Viagra, but it was ''labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes,'' Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, said in a statement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection examined the 55-year-old radio commentator's luggage after his private plane landed at the airport, Miller said. Investigators confiscated the drugs, which treat erectile dysfunction. Limbaugh was released without being charged.
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No he was not arrested at the airport. The bottle of medication was sent to the Palm Beach DA office (IIRC) for determination if any charges are warranted.
The medication is obviously non-narcotic and the issue would be if the label was the doctors offense, Rush's offense or any chargable offense at all.
Knowing the PB DA, I'm thinking he'll try to drum up something at least for a while.
Maybe that's what made Rush go deaf?
This is the second thread with the same stupid question being asked. Since when was this ever made for "Married Men" only?
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LOL. I thought social conservatives routinely condemned sex between unmarried people. Or is that only for "lefty" unmarried people? Can you imagine the fur that would be flying if it were x42 who had been stopped at the airport under these circumstances?
The idea of "consenting adults" should not take into account who those consenting adults are.
2 bottles of viagra? How many tabs in each?
For the record - I don't care who Rush is having sex with, the circumstances thereof, his chemical needs for same. Sex between consenting adults isn't anyone's biz now, apparently (unlike a few years ago). {running for cover}
Check the hair on his palms
They'll target Rush everywhere he goes, stop and search, detain, all reported in the press over and over. Libs figure enough smoke will convince people there's fire/ Rush is a drug addict not worth listening to. Denigrate and demonize him until his career and his life is destroyed. That way they'll take congress and the WH.
That and his own behavior. Hopefully, we won't be hearing about any love children in the near future...
I don't know whether the way this was done between Rush and his doctor was illegal or not, but after having had the anal probe Rush got over the phony doctor-shopping charge, I can't blame him for trying to do something to protect his privacy.
Apparently that can be a risky practice if you are trying to go through customs.
I'll bet customs officials look the other way a lot of other times though...
I am sick, sick of these people. Don't worry Rush, the more they report about you, the more your audience will grow.
When will Rush grow a brain and leave the facist state of Floriduh?
He'd be smart to find a fifth Mrs. Limbaugh.
Like the Asian immigrant who asked his financial advisor why his portfolio was down and was told "fluctuations".
He replied well fluc you Americans, you're fired.
Ho boy! Now Rush is going to be deaf AND blind.
I'm sorry, but Rush takes NO prisoners on his show. But he should be treated with kid gloves? That's not how politics works, even for political commentators. He puts himself into the limelight, makes enemies, and then we're gonna whine if and when he doesn't travel the straight and narrow (unfortunate word choice noted).
Letterman and Leno's monologue write themselves tonight.
I'm no fan of the NYT, but once the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office (and possibly Customs as well) started babbling about this publicly, it wasn't unreasonable for the NYT to figure it was newsworthy. If Rush didn't do anything illegal, wasn't arrested, and hasn't been charged with any crime, what the heck are Palm Beach and/or Customs officials opening their traps for? Somebody's head should roll for this, but not at the NYT (though plenty of heads should be rolling there for other, bigger offenses).
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