Universal Nutrition is getting sued for having Steriods in their Muti-Vit

[NordicNacho]

TRENTON, N.J. -- Guillermo Coria, once the No. 3-ranked tennis player in the world, is suing a New Jersey supplement manufacturer, claiming its steroid-contaminated vitamins led to a positive drug test and a suspension that cost him millions.

In a trial set to begin Monday in New Jersey Superior Court in New Brunswick, N.J., Coria will seek to clear his name and will ask a jury to award him in excess of $10 million for lost prize money and endorsements, his lawyers said.

"Guillermo was suspended at the time when he was rising to the top of the world in tennis ... when he was really most valuable," attorney Will Nystrom said Tuesday.

He said Coria was 19 when he was suspended in July 2001 after he had a positive urine test for steroids while playing at a tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Nystrom said the only supplement Coria was taking then was a multivitamin made by Universal Nutrition of New Brunswick.

ESPN - Coria sues vitamin maker over steroid suspension - Tennis

 

[Arnold]

how will they be able to prove that?

 

[MCx2]

how will they be able to prove that?

That's what I was thinking. Unless he still has an unopened bottle or something I think he's whistling Dixie.

 

[soxmuscle]

Why would a company put steroids in a multi-vit?

I can see putting it into a creatine or protein, for instance muscle tech saying how "revolutionary" their products are and trying to back it up.

But a multi-vitamin? Most people take them for their overall health, not because they are interested in becoming muscular.

 

[NordicNacho]

how will they be able to prove that?

"The Argentine player's family had the multivitamins tested by a lab, which found them to be contaminated with steroids. That led the governing authority for men's tennis, the Association of Tennis Professionals, to reduce his suspension from two years to the seven months that had already passed."

Why would a company put steroids in a multi-vit?

I can see putting it into a creatine or protein, for instance muscle tech saying how "revolutionary" their products are and trying to back it up.

But a multi-vitamin? Most people take them for their overall health, not because they are interested in becoming muscular.

Busted


"Since the lawsuit was filed in 2003, Universal Nutrition has admitted in court that it made steroid-containing products and multivitamins on the same machines on the same day at its factory, Nystrom said."


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