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Big Brother Winner Nabbed for Peddling Oxy

Jasinski says he used $500K prize to buy, sell painkillers

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(Newser) – Big Brother 9 winner Adam Jasinski made his first court appearance today in Massachusetts after being charged with trying to sell 2,000 prescription painkiller pills. After a brief struggle with agents, the DEA says Jasinski waived his Miranda rights and confessed to using his $500,000 winnings from the reality show last year to set up an oxycodone ring, the Boston Globe reports.

"For the past several months he had been obtaining thousands of pills,” the affidavit reads, and “reselling them to customers all along the east coast.”

Jasinski in happier times.
Jasinski in happier times.   (Getty Images)
Prescription drugs can fetch a pretty penny on the black market. But if you already have $500,000...
Prescription drugs can fetch a pretty penny on the black market. But if you already have $500,000...   (AP Photo)
Adam Jasinski.
Adam Jasinski.   (Getty Images)
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raeriva
Oct 20, 09 1:45 PM CDT
Of all the things he chose to invest in.. Reply
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Reader64481089
Oct 20, 09 2:20 PM CDT
Rush and Glen both advised him it gave launch to their respective fortunes.....so much for taking advice from KKKlowns huh
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Jayster999
Oct 20, 09 2:25 PM CDT
Having "everyday" people as celebrities means their everyday stupidity is on display as well. Reply
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Netstorm2k9
Oct 20, 09 3:02 PM CDT
Well, no one can say the man can't identify a market demand. He was always gonna profit off the oxy's. Course, he should have been more careful not to get caught. Celebs are in danger playing on the black market; people will drop a dime just to make TV happen. Reply
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lauriec
Oct 20, 09 3:21 PM CDT
he was a tool! crappiest season ever! looked sorta retarded to me! which is why I was shocked when he used that word! and still, won! Reply
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