Stallone pleads guilty.

[enterthemadness]

Is this really true?

Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone has pleaded guilty to bringing banned bodybuilding drugs into Australia earlier this year. The actor today admitted to two charges of possession of the human growth hormone during a promotional visit for Rocky Balboa in February at Sydney's Downing Center Local Court through his lawyers, as he was not required to appear at the hearing. Upon arrival down under on February 16, the actor and his entourage were detained for several hours for packing what was believed to be a human growth hormone, with officials later searching Stallone's hotel room and private jet for illegal substances. Stallone initially told Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph the incident was a "misunderstanding" and that reports of him transporting steroids were "totally hot air," however Australian customs officers said they found five boxes of growth hormone Jintropin in Stallone's luggage on his arrival from the U.S. If found guilty, the actor faces a fine of $22,000 - avoiding a maximum penalty of $91,600 for the offences because the case is being heard in a local court. The growth hormone at the centre of the legal case is alleged to reduce body fat, build muscle, remove wrinkles and provide a range of anti-ageing benefits.

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[Mee]

It's on the interwebs, of course it's true!

 

[lazur]

HGH isn't a steroid. The guy is 60 now and wants to be young again. I doubt his HGH will help, but I can sympathize. Besides, it's not illegal in the U.S., so maybe Australia needs to lighten up a bit.

 

[jaguarr]

Yes, it's true:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6656407.stm

While he may have had an illegal substance with him, he didn't lie to authorities. He told them that he did not have steroids, which is true. Anabolic steroids are a completely different class of drugs than HGH. Still, he's a dummy for trying to sneak them in. Especially since it's easy as hell to get a doctor's prescription for HGH, which he did not have. Dumb, dumb, dumb. With a prescription, he would have been just fine.

jag

 

[jaguarr]

HGH isn't a steroid. The guy is 60 now and wants to be young again. I doubt his HGH will help, but I can sympathize. Besides, it's not illegal in the U.S., so maybe Australia needs to lighten up a bit.

The only way HGH would help him enough to make it worth his while is if he's got low testosterone or other hormonal imbalance issues going on. Certainly a possibility as old as he is and how long he's been lifting. I'm sure there's some anabolic usage in his past, too, and that can muckity-muck a person's endocrine system good and proper, too.

jag

 

[hey yo its sean]

Poor Sly.

Australia: Downgrade.

 

[CyberFaust]

The only way HGH would help him enough to make it worth his while is if he's got low testosterone or other hormonal imbalance issues going on. Certainly a possibility as old as he is and how long he's been lifting. I'm sure there's some anabolic usage in his past, too, and that can muckity-muck a person's endocrine system good and proper, too.

jag

kids, don't do drugs