Thursday, May 29, 2008

Benoit's doctor indicted


Dr. Phil Astin III, the personal physical of late World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit, has been indicted on 175 counts of over prescribing drugs and prescribing drugs without just medical need.

All the patients listed in the indictment were mentioned only by initials, but there are a number of indictments for prescribing drugs to CMB (Christopher Michael Benoit).

Benoit murdered his wife and young son and then killed himself in June of last year.

Astin's patients allegedly received illegal prescriptions for Percocet, Oxycontin, Demerol, Lorcet, Ritalin, Vicodin, Xanax, Adderall and Soma. The indictment also
alleges the drugs Astin dispensed resulted in the death of a patient (Benoit).

Federal authorities previously accused Astin of prescribing a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids to Benoit every three to four weeks between May of 2006 and May of 2007.

Astin has also allegedly dispensed illegal prescriptions to current WWE star, Oscar "Rey Mysterio" Gutierrez and former WWE and WCW wrestler Mark Jindrak. Jindrak is now a star for the CMLL promotion in Mexico under the pseudonym Marco Corleone.

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