Inner City Press





In Other Media-eg NYLJ New Statesman, CJR, NY Mag, AJE, Georgia, CSM Click here to contact us     .



These reports are usually available through Google News and on Lexis-Nexis
,



Share |   

Follow on TWITTER

Home -

These reports are usually available through Google News and on Lexis-Nexis

CONTRIBUTE

(FP Twitterati 100, 2013)

ICP on YouTube

More: InnerCityPro

BloggingHeads.tv
Sept 24, 2013

UN: Sri Lanka

VoA: NYCLU

FOIA Finds  

Google, Asked at UN About Censorship, Moved to Censor the Questioner, Sources Say, Blaming UN - Update - Editorial

Support this work by buying this book

Click on cover for secure site orders

also includes "Toxic Credit in the Global Inner City"
 

 

 


Community
Reinvestment

Bank Beat

Freedom of Information
 

How to Contact Us



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)

***

Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron.

sdny

Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA

Mail: Box 20047, Dag Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017

Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540



Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.

 Copyright 2006-2023 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com