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Player Agents Referred Clients to Steroid Doc  

Posted Apr 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT in Sports    Most Covered

(newser) – Federal authorities unsealed an indictment yesterday that charges Dr. Ramon Scruggs and two associates with illegally prescribing performance-enhancing drugs to MLB players. One assertion made in the indictment is that players’ agents referred them to Scruggs, though no agents are named. The doctor, along with associates Allan Danto and Heidi Macpherson, faces 11 charges relating to the illegal distribution of the drugs.

California DEA agents had been watching Scruggs for several years, reports the New York Times, and had ramped up their investigation in the last year. Scruggs' name was also mentioned in last December’s Mitchell Report, linked to players Troy Glaus and Scott Schoenweis. The physician had been fined in the past for illegally writing prescriptions over the Internet and received 35 months' probation for his wrong-doings.

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Player Agents Referred Clients to Steroid Doc
MLB Commissioner Allan Selig on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wed., Feb. 27, 2008, during the House Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection subcommittee hearing on drug use in sports.   (AP Photo)
Player Agents Referred Clients to Steroid Doc
These 2007 file photos show former Senate majority leader George Mitchell, left, union head Donald Fehr, center, and MLB commissioner Bud Selig, right.   (AP Photo/File)
Player Agents Referred Clients to Steroid Doc
Former Sen. George Mitchell testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Player Agents Referred Clients to Steroid Doc
St. Louis Cardinals' Troy Glaus watches his two-run double in the eighth inning against the Houston Astros in a baseball game Tuesday, April 8, 2008 in Houston. The Cardinals won 5-3.   (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
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New York Mets pitcher Scott Schoeneweis throws in the ninth inning against the Florida Marlins during a baseball game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Friday, Sept. 21, 2007. Schoeneweis got the save as the...   (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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