Doctor connected to Tiger facing PED charges
Officials with United States Customs have arrested a Canadian doctor who has treated Tiger Woods and a list of top American athletes after his assistant was found in possession of growth hormone and other drugs purportedly intended for Dr. Anthony Galea when stopped and questioned at the border near Buffalo, New York on September 14th, according to Mike Fish of ESPN.
Our View: Officials report Galea has been the focus of an ongoing investigation in a joint effort of American and Canadian authorities. Galea is expected to appear Friday morning in a Canadian court in Toronto, according to attorney Brian Greenspan. He will face two charges of conspiracy as well as charges on the Food and Drug Act and Controlled Substances Act. In a news release, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said an unnamed assistant was apprehended after she was found to be in possession of Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood that is illegal in the United States and not approved for use in Canada. In an interview with ESPN.com, Toronto criminal attorney Christophe Preobrazenski, who represented Galea at the time of his arrest, identified the assistant stopped by authorities at the Peace Bridge entry port as Mary Anne Catalano. Catalano's Toronto-based defense attorney, Calvin Barry, confirmed Wednesday that Catalano is no longer employed by Galea. Barry refused to shed light Wednesday on the drugs found in Catalano's possession or Galea's practice, citing the fact that she still faces criminal charges.
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