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2 9 - 0 6 - 2 0 0 7 Authorities raid office of Benoit’s doctor
Keith Bonnell
Following up on the trail of drugs found in the home of Chris Benoit, authorities have raided the office of the pro wrestler’s personal physician.
Benoit, a Montreal-born wrestling star, killed his wife Nancy, 43, and his seven-year-old son, Daniel, over the weekend, before hanging himself in his Atlanta-area home.
There has been speculation since the double-murder/suicide as to whether drugs or steroids might have been involved in the attack.
Authorities have said they found steroids and narcotics in Benoit’s home.
Late Wednesday night, officers entered the office of Dr. Phil Astin in Carrollton, about 80 kilometres east of Atlanta.
Capt. Mike Pruitt of the Fayete County Sheriff’s Department said officers with his department and the Drug Enforcement Administration spent about three hours in the office and seized several items.
Pruitt said the drugs found in Benoit’s home led authorities to the doctor’s office.
“It’s a separate investigation (about) the narcotics that were found in the house,” he said.
Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit's medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.
Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday.
State medical records show that Astin's privileges were suspended for three months in 2001 at a Georgia hospital for "reasons related to competence or character."
Pruitt said authorities have spoken to Astin, but no charges have been laid. No arrests were made.
“Right now he’s just a person of interest,” said Pruitt. “It’s somebody we’re looking at.”
Astin could not be reached for comment Thursday.
After the 40-year-old Benoit’s death, his employer, World Wrestling Entertainment, criticized “sensational” media coverage which linked the deaths to drug use.
On Thursday, WWE chairman Vince McMahon again touted the company’s drug-testing policy.
Appearing on NBC’s Today Show, McMahon said Benoit had last been tested for steroids in April, and came up clean.
“It’s all speculation until the toxicology reports come back,” he said. “I think there’s a rush to judgement here as to what caused this.
“There was no (prior) indication whatsoever that this man could possibly turn into this monster and do what he did,” McMahon said. “Everyone who’s in this organization, to my knowledge, is well-adjusted, family people.”
Since the Benoit tragedy, friends have also revealed that his young son suffered from a rare mental d isability known as Fragile X Syndrome.
WWE lawyer Jerry S. McDevitt said the illness had been a source of tension between Benoit and his wife, and that the wrestler had been depressed about his child’s condition prior to the slayings.
Fragile X symptoms can range from learning disabilities to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.
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