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Dr. Phil Astin Going To Trial Over Prescribing Drugs To WWE
[SIZE=-1]Wrestling-Edge.com, TX [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Dr. Phil Astin III, who was the Benoit family physician at the time of the Benoit double murder/suicide, will finally go to trial in Newnan, Georgia on Monday, March 16th, 2009. The trial was set to begin this month, but Astin requested a 90-day continuance from District Judge Jack T. Camp, and has received it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Astin was originally indicted in July of 2007, and then more charges were brought against him last May. Astin is being charged with 175 federal counts of illegally prescribing prescription medication to 17 different individuals. Those charges are made up of 150 counts of illegal prescription abuse. At least six of these patients are believed to be professional wrestlers, including ones working for WWE. At the time of the indictment, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the patients allegedly received illegal prescriptions for the following drugs: Percocet, Oxycontin, Demerol, Lorcet, Ritalin, Vicodin, Xanax, Adderall and Soma. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]While the investigation started in light of the death of Chris, Nancy and Daniel Benoit, he hasn't been charged with anything relating to steroids even though Chris's levels were sky-high at the time of his death not to mention that he had several packages of steroids in his Fayetteville home. The toxicology report on Benoit showed that he had a testosterone level ten times above the normal level. ...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Wrestling-Edge.com, TX [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Dr. Phil Astin III, who was the Benoit family physician at the time of the Benoit double murder/suicide, will finally go to trial in Newnan, Georgia on Monday, March 16th, 2009. The trial was set to begin this month, but Astin requested a 90-day continuance from District Judge Jack T. Camp, and has received it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Astin was originally indicted in July of 2007, and then more charges were brought against him last May. Astin is being charged with 175 federal counts of illegally prescribing prescription medication to 17 different individuals. Those charges are made up of 150 counts of illegal prescription abuse. At least six of these patients are believed to be professional wrestlers, including ones working for WWE. At the time of the indictment, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the patients allegedly received illegal prescriptions for the following drugs: Percocet, Oxycontin, Demerol, Lorcet, Ritalin, Vicodin, Xanax, Adderall and Soma. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]While the investigation started in light of the death of Chris, Nancy and Daniel Benoit, he hasn't been charged with anything relating to steroids even though Chris's levels were sky-high at the time of his death not to mention that he had several packages of steroids in his Fayetteville home. The toxicology report on Benoit showed that he had a testosterone level ten times above the normal level. ...[/SIZE]
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