Report: Alex Rodriguez admitted steroid use to DEA
Remember how many times A-Rod told us the Biogenesis evidence against him was all lies? He told a different story to federal authorities.
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Matt Snyder
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Ever since the Biogenesis scandal broke and then yielded myriad suspensions in the summer of 2013 -- including a 211-gamer to Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez -- A-Rod has done nothing but vehemently deny the charges publicly. It appears he sang a different tune when facing DEA agents' questioning in private, per a report in the Miami Herald.
The suspension was later reduced to 162 games and recently ended, but obviously the news train doesn't stop there. After all, it's A-Rod. The Herald reports that a 15-page synopsis of A-Rod's meeting with the DEA last January shows the polarizing star sang like a canary to the agents.
In a Drug Enforcement Administration conference room back in January, facing federal agents and prosecutors who granted him immunity, baseball’s highest-paid player admitted everything:
Yes, he bought performance-enhancing drugs from Biogenesis of America, paying roughly $12,000 a month to Anthony Bosch, the fake doctor who owned the clinic. Yes, Bosch gave him pre-filled syringes for hormone injections into the ballplayer’s stomach, and even drew blood from him in the men’s room of a South Beach nightclub. And yes, the ballplayer’s cousin, Yuri Sucart, was his steroid go-fer.
When it was over, Rodriguez emerged from the Weston, Fla., conference room with his New York criminal defense lawyer, and has stood by his denials to this day. His attorney, Joseph Tacopina, could not be reached for comment Wednesday morning.
There's a lot more. The synopsis apparently details when things started between A-Rod and Anthony Bosch back in 2010, as Rodriguez's cousin, Yuri Sucart, told the slugger that a "Doctor" had been helping him and could probably help A-Rod.
From there, things escalated. The Herald report notes how Bosch helped Rodriguez pass MLB-mandated drug tests and notes that A-Rod's testimony to the DEA backs up most of what Bosch said to 60 Minutes last spring.
The full report has a lot more details, so definitely hop on over there if so inclined.
The main takeaway, though, is that A-Rod's public "these are all lies" campaign doesn't match up with his sworn testimony to federal authorities.
