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An American mother has been legally charged for allowing her 14 year old son to become severely overweight. The mother, Jerri Gray, was arrested and charged with ‘unlawful neglect toward a child‘ and ‘custodial interference‘. She is now out of jail on a $50,000 [$62,000 AU] bond and barred from seeing her son. According to [...]

We posted recently about the Australian bodybuilders who failed drug tests in late 2008 during INBA shows. One bodybuilder failed for the substance Oxilofrine which the ASADA release listed as a stimulant. Claims were made that this substance was found in an over the counter fatburner produced by ALR Industries, a claim which we have [...]

In a strongly decisive move, the website of Australian INBA [International Natural Bodybuilders Association] has just formally announced that four Australian bodybuilders who failed drug tests have been banned for life from competing in the INBA. Three of the bodybuilders tested positive for anabolics, and one refused to submit to testing. This prior penalties [2 [...]

Below are further details and the official media release from the official ASADA website of reports that five Australian bodybuilders have received sanctions from the INBA for failing drug tests for various steroids, stimulants, diuretics and cannabis. They are reported as Jud Hart, Gerard Broeren, Cherie Wyer, Shane Cordona and Nathan Wallace. According to ASADA, [...]

Various reports are surfacing that the [American] IFBB and it’s amateur wing the NPC, are attempting to suppress information online of the arrest of Lee Thompson, who is head of the NPC in Texas, the promoter of the IFBB Houston Pro Show, an IFBB judge and the fiancee of IFBB Bikini Pro Stacey Oster. Reports [...]

As of June 01 2009, “Operation I.N.F.R.A” is reporting that Dirk Prinsloo, a South African national wanted for various crimes including 15 counts of drugging and sexually assaulting children, may be hiding in Australia and that “he is likely to be active in bodybuilding wherever he is in Australia“ and it is also reported that [...]

Former Mr New Zealand and IFBB pro Marc Rainbow, 42, alongside 24 year old personal trainer and bodybuilder Andrew James Van Lent are both facing more then 50 charges involving drug importation. Reports say that most of the drug charges carry a fine of up to $40,000 NZ [$32,000 AU | $25,000 US] and some [...]

ABC news is reporting that a 43 year old Australian man was caught at Melbourne airport carrying almost 150 vials of steroids, and is expected to be charged with importing prohibited goods. After arriving on a flight from Hong Kong, he was stopped by Customs officials and found to be carrying steroids scattered around his [...]

The rumours are true; Dallas Morning News are stating that eight time Mr Olympia Ronnie Coleman has been arrested and charged with falsely identifying himself as a police officer. After being stopped for speeding by a policeman on Friday May 22 in Dalworthington Gardens, Texas, Coleman produced a police badge and told the police officer [...]

In a tale almost too wild to be true, every single competitor at the 2009 NABBA Belgian National Championships rushed from the venue leaving the promoter no choice but to cancel the show, and approximately 300 spectators went home without seeing a single bodybuilder compete. Why? Three doping inspectors entered the venue with intent to [...]

An American man accused of selling drugs was too fat to get into court so they conducted the legal proceedings in the back of a truck which was backed into the loading dock of the courthouse this week. News reports have him weighing up to 700lbs [320kg] and if convicted Stephen Turo faces up to [...]