Doctor Pleads Guilty to WWE Steroid Distribution
The New York Daily News reported today that Dr. Claire Godfrey plead guilty this week in Albany County District Court to 10 counts of criminal diversion of prescription medicines.
According to New York State Department of Health investigator Mark Haskins, Godfrey reportedly wrote illegal prescriptions worth more than $1.3 million for steroids and other similar drugs to patients, including quote "two current WWE professional wrestlers" without ever examining them.
The two current WWE wrestlers were not named, but it was noted that neither were the late Chris Benoit. Godfrey's current plea deal will keep her from going to prison, although she could lose her medical license. The article also stated that an outside party would charge "clients" $10,000 to access Godfrey to write prescriptions for patients she never met or examined. Godfrey was paid an estimated $50 per prescription and earned closed to $200,000 over a seven month period.
When reached for comment, WWE's Gary Davis had the following to say: "We applaud the efforts of government officials to shut down the illegal use of steroids and those doctors who illegally prescribe them."
