Posted on 03/12/2004 7:54:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
The federal investigation into steroids has expanded to the world of bodybuilding. The home and gymnasium of a bodybuilder linked to Balco Laboratories was searched last November, and last weekend federal agents reportedly handed out subpoenas at an Ohio bodybuilding convention co-owned by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A Drug Enforcement Agency spokesman in Los Angles told the Mercury News that agents searched the Temecula home of Milos Sarcev, a former Mr. Yugoslavia.
ESPN reported Thursday night that federal agents delivered at least five subpoenas to bodybuilders at the Arnold Fitness Weekend in Columbus, Ohio, as part of a second grand jury investigation into what has become the biggest sports and drugs scandal in U.S. history. Schwarzenegger attended the expo, as did Balco owner Victor Conte Jr., one of four Bay Area men indicted last month for allegedly distributing state-of-the-art drugs to elite athletes. All four pleaded not guilty and through their attorneys have denied the charges.
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