Marion Jones - How the mighty have fallen
Marion Jones, the Olympic sprinter, was on the top of the world. She was in American Express and Gatorade commercials. She was cashing in on her fame and her good looks. All of that has changed in the last several months. Her endorsements dried up as allegations of steroid usage began to grow louder and louder. Recently she was found to have taken a banned substance and was stripped of her 5 gold medals. She has just plead guilty to lying to investigators on a check fraud scheme. She has been sentenced to 6 months in jail. How terribly sad.
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From WaPo:
Former Olympic champion Marion Jones was sentenced by a federal judge to six months in prison yesterday for lying to investigators about her use of steroids and involvement in a check-fraud scheme, completing one of the most spectacular falls from grace of any athlete in any sport.
Jones, who won five medals at the 2000 Summer Games and was heralded as the world’s greatest female athlete, received the maximum sentence recommended by prosecutors from U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas, who said he wanted to send a message to athletes who abuse performance-enhancing drugs. (more…)
