Eric
Lira Pleads
Guilty in 1st
Rodchenkov
Anti Doping
Act Case For
Deal of 12 to
18 Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 8 – In January 2012 there
was the
"unsealing of the
first criminal charge under
the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping
Act, signed into law on
December 4, 2020, which
proscribes doping schemes at
international sports
competitions, including the
Olympic Games. The Complaint
unsealed today alleges that
ERIC LIRA, a “naturopathic”
therapist operating
principally in the area of El
Paso, Texas, obtained various
performance enhancing drugs
and distributed those PEDs to
certain athletes in advance
of, and for the purpose of
cheating at, the 2020 Olympic
Games held in Tokyo in the
summer of 2021."
On May 8,
2023, Lira pled guilty. Inner
City Press was there.
The pleas
was before U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Magistrate Judge
Valerie Figueredo. Inner City
Press was there.
Lira
allocuted to providing PEDs to
one female track athlete, from
El Paso. But the prosecution
mentioned Georgia, too, and
said he had held a meeting in
EDNY. The plea deal is for 12
to 18 months, with payment
capped at $55,000.
Judge Schofield
had not yet set a sentencing
date so there is a control
date six months out, on
November 8. Defense counsel
asked if the pre-sentence
interview can be virtual.
The case is
US v. Lira, 21-mj-12412
(Schofield / Figueredo)
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