Marion Jones Admits Taking Steroid; Sentenced To Jail

Olympic track star Marion Jones has acknowledged using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Summer Games in Sydneywas. She has sentenced 6 months in jail due to lying to federal prosecutors about her drug use and an unrelated financial matter.


The imposed sentence came after Marion Jones pleaded guilty to two charges last October, when she retired from athletics and confessed to betraying the trust of her fans after years of denying she used performance enhancing drugs. Read more


Jones pled guilty on October 5, 2007 to lying to federal agents about her use of steroids prior to the 2000 Olympic games, admitting to using the steroid Tetrahydrogestrinone, known as "The Clear", or "THG", from 1999

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