IFBB pro bodybuilder Guy Ducasse pleaded guilty to one count of distributing the anabolic steroid Proviron (mesterolone). Ducasse testified that he gave the steroid to his friend without charge. The bodybuilder did NOT admit to selling steroids in the plea agreement (“Local bodybuilder pleads guilty to distributing steroids,” August 12).
A local bodybuilder tied to an ongoing steroid drug ring pleaded guilty to one count of distributing drugs in Tulsa federal court Wednesday morning.
During a hearing before U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan Wednesday, Guy Ducasse, 46, pleaded guilty to distributing steroids in 2006, He testified in court that he gave an anabolic steroid to his dentist, who he said was also his friend. However, he denied selling the drugs to the dentist.
The government is not required to prove that Ducasse sold steroids in order to convict him on a federal steroid distribution charge. Steroid distribution, with or without financial compensation, is a criminal violation of the Anabolic Steroid Control Act. Yet, Assistant United States Attorney Janet Reincke insisted that Ducasse sold steroids.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Janet Reincke said there are several witnesses willing to testify that Ducasse sold them drugs.
As part of the plea agreement, the government dismissed the following charges in Guy Ducasse’s indictment: one count of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids; two counts of distribution of anabolic steroids; and one count of attempting to corrupt persuade another person with intent to hinder, delay, and prevent the communication to a law enforcement officer of information relating to the commission of a federal offense. Officers reportedly found human growth hormone (hGH), testosterone, Deca Durabolin (nandrolone decanoate), and Winstrol (stanozolol) during a search of his home on March 25, 2008.
Guy Ducasse faces a maximum of five years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, and two years supervised probation after pleading guilty to giving a box of Proviron to his Oklahoma friend. He will be sentenced on November 13, 2009.
The Guy Ducasse case is part of an ongoing two-year Oklahoma steroid investigation involving IFBB and NPC bodybuilders and the network of individuals associated with these bodybuilders and the sport of competitive bodybuilding.
The Oklahoma investigation has been spearheaded by Special Agent R. Brian Surber of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDD). It has expanded beyond Oklahoma to include individuals in Texas, Arkansas, New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland.
Brian Surber has reportedly used photographs of bodybuilders as part of probable cause during the Oklahoma investigation. The use of “physique profiling” or “muscle profiling” has caused concern among the bodybuilding community.
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Millard writes about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs and their use and impact in sport and society. He discusses the medical and non-medical uses of anabolic-androgenic steroids while advocating a harm reduction approach to steroid education.
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