04/20/24
July 22, 2004
Keeping up with the Joneses (and ex-Joneses).: C.J. Hunter, admitted steroid user, Olympic shotputter and ex-husband of Marion Jones, tells federal investigators he shot her up with THG, HGH and other illegal stuff at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
Yeah, but she didn't test positive, and that's what counts, right?
posted by blarp at 11:30 PM on July 22, 2004
btw, great title
posted by blarp at 12:10 AM on July 23, 2004
The San Francisco Chronicle said C.J. Hunter told Internal Revenue Service investigators pursuing the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case that he personally injected his then-wife with banned substances and saw Jones inject herself with the drugs at their home in Australia. Since when does the IRS investigate substance abuse? And the leaks in this steroid case are astounding!
posted by usfbull at 06:42 AM on July 23, 2004
USF, I'm not sure, although big fed cases can get so damned far-reaching it's incredible. I think it's an indicator of the proverbial "hard-on" someone has to drill Conte, though. They apparently would've brought in Inspector Clouseau if they could've.
posted by wfrazerjr at 07:48 AM on July 23, 2004
Yeah, but she didn't test positive, and that's what counts, right? Actually, no. The burden of proof has been altered from 'beyond a reasonable doubt' to 'the comfortable satisfaction.'
posted by garfield at 08:15 AM on July 23, 2004
I have to ask: how much of this is piling on a viable scapegoat, how much of this is new shit coming to light, and how much of this is fallout from a messy breakup?
posted by chicobangs at 10:53 AM on July 23, 2004
it's a witch hunt, so I don't know what to believe. But Marion doesn't look to be competing on an even playing field. Especially when she can't even qualify a mere four years later. And when two exes say the same thing, her denials start to ring even more hollow.
posted by garfield at 11:34 AM on July 23, 2004
USF, the whole Balco case was apparently begun by an IRS investigator of some type who developed hard feelings with the main doctor there.
posted by billsaysthis at 04:59 PM on July 23, 2004
Seems to me like she's an obvious cheat. Sometimes we are guilty by association.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 05:04 PM on July 25, 2004
Well, duhhhhhhhhhhh.