Posted on 10/04/2007 4:14:55 PM PDT by FewsOrange
Track star Marion Jones has acknowledged using steroids as she prepared for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney and plans to plead guilty tomorrow in New York to two counts of lying to federal agents about her drug use and an unrelated financial matter, according to a letter Jones sent to close family and friends. Jones, who won five medals at the Sydney Olympics, said she took the steroid known as "the clear" for two years beginning in 1999, according to the letter, which was read to The Washington Post by a person who had been given a copy. A person familiar with Jones's legal situation who requested anonymity confirmed the relevant facts that were described in the letter. Jones said her former coach, Trevor Graham, gave her the substance, telling her it was the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and saying she should take it by putting two drops under her tongue. Graham, contacted by telephone today, said he had no comment. Jones's admissions could cost her the three gold and two bronze medals she won in Sydney. In December 2004, the International Olympic Committee opened an investigation into allegations surrounding performance-enhancing drug use by Jones, once considered the greatest female athlete in the world. In the past, Jones has vehemently denied using steroids or any performance-enhancing drugs. Jones said she "trusted [Graham] and never thought for one second" she was using a performance-enhancing drug until after she left Graham's Raleigh, N.C.-based training camp at the end of 2002. "Red flags should have been raised when he told me not to tell anyone about" the supplement program, she said in the letter. She also said she noticed changes in how her body felt and how she was able to recover from workouts..."
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Damn, say it aint so Marion.
Regards.
Well then..she has admitted to being a liar and a cheat, so she now needs to accept responsibility, give up her medals, and accept her punishment.
Isn't that the stuff Barry Bonds used?
Is “Marion Jones” someone I am supposed to know about?
oh crap...that makes me sick!
Sports is filled with cheaters. I hate all of ‘em. Good to see another go down. I hope all are smoked out of their holes.
She should give back her medals only after she’s beaten with them.
Is there no end to the cheating, thuggery or debauchery in SPORTS?
What the hell hope can there be for black kids, when they see so many of their heroes from Sports, Theater, Politics and "Religion" -- like Jesse, Al and Calypso Louie, all involved in cheating, lying, crime or irresponsible sex leading to >70% of all blacks born as bastards to unwed mothers?
Well - at least this lady - once confronted with irrefutable evidence, did admit her crime..
Next - she should not wait for the medals to be asked for, she should voluntarily return them..
You're kidding, right? How long did she lie? How many times did she lie? That's like praising Bill Clinton for admitting to his affair with Monica after being confronted with the blue dress!
For that matter, she even sued someone for 25 million as part of her cover-up! SHE'S NO LADY
"Until now, Jones had denied doping, even suing BALCO founder Victor Conte in 2004 for $25 million. Conte repeatedly accused Jones of using performance-enhancing drugs and said he watched her inject herself."
http://sports.aol.com/story/ar/_a/jones-reportedly-admits-to-steroid-use/20071004180309990001
And even sadder is that a genuine role model, such as Clarence Thomas, is lambasted as a traitor and an "Uncle Tom".
Hell, there are plenty of righteous black men..
Trouble is -- they aren't part of the Leftist's new "DNC Plantation"....home to the self imprisoned ignorant and dependent blacks who rely upon the Leftists to keep that Federal teat in their lazy ass mouth...
I stand corrected!
I guess in comparison to Barry Bonds — anyone would look good, admitting the irrefutable...
Thanks for the correction and link....
True — and both made tons of money off of their cheating ways.
Hmmmm...BALCO's Victor Conte repeatedly stated that Marion Jones took steroids, and she (falsely, as it now turns out) sued him for saying it. Conte has also repeatedly stated that he never gave Barry Bonds anything.
That could be true -- if Conte never gave Bonds anything directly - but to Bonds through someone else?
Has Conte ever denied give illegal steroids to anyone on Bonds's behalf?
Being a member of the UNC family, It saddens me more than anything else.
I hope the judge doesn’t give her jail time. If he does, I hope she can live a normal life after all is said and done.
oH PLEASE...the Beeetch made a LOT of money and ruined a lot of lives.
what a selfish pig she is!!Now the tears..the melodrama..AFTER she has been caught big time after 7 years!!!!
"Wow, this flaxseed oil is going straight to my deltoids!".
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