Story by Eric.
This is the 40th submission in a long series about Marion Jones, a former elite sprinter who won honour and earned endorsements, fame and fortune by method of fraud. This series continues with the Victor Conte story, one which categorically ties Marion Jones to steroids.
Though parts of this section may be historical in nature, its inclusion is relevant to the sum of the whole.
Marion Jones’s attorneys had been rather peculiar with respect to their actions against people who said they were in the know, and against those avenues which had carried forth those messages. They had also continued to leave open cause to question their statements, as first discussed earlier with regard to the “borderline” case issue.
Victor Conte need not be forced to tell the truth when deciding whether or not misconduct and illegal disorder was occurring at his BALCO laboratories. Evidence collected over a year’s period of time revealed to the world the secret agenda the laboratory was employing.
The short version of the collected evidence included:
Also among the documents seized was a proposed pricing list that offered an “Indoor or Outdoor Track Program.” The cost for each was set at $20,000, with $10,345 covering “Medical Consultation” and $9,655 for supplies.
Some of the supplies were noted with abbreviations for what the government and the doping agency believe were banned substances. For example: G-20 weeks-15 bottles at $150=$2,250 is believed to refer to human growth hormone, and E-12 weeks-16 bottles at $65=$1,040 is believed to refer to the oxygen-boosting drug EPO.
Also on the proposed program were bonuses to be paid BALCO if the athlete set a personal record ($10,000) or a world record ($20,000). [1]
The San Francisco Chronicle, in an article dated 2004-02-13, stated that IRS agent Jeff Novitzky had staked out the BALCO laboratory for over a year, retrieving items from the rubbish left for weekly trash collection pick-ups. Among those items were empty boxes and vials of two different illegal steroids, as well as HGH, a prescription anti-estrogen drug used by some athletes to recover from a steroid dosage, and 84 one-time-use used syringes, some contaminated with steroid residue.
The San Francisco Chronicle
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