The initial arrest of Jama Aden garnered A TON of publicity. I don't think the not guilty verdict in his criminal case in Spanish court has been covered at all in the English press so I had Jonathan Gault write up something about it. We didn't even know about they not guilty verdict until months after the fact.
Does the not guilty verdict change your opinion on Aden?
Lol. he had syringes of PEDs and one of his athletes had EPO in his room. This is a joke
Exactly. This is what happens when people hype up lies on the Internet and fabricate things they wish were true. The truth comes out and the Internet cocroches can't believe their fabrications have been found out to be false.
Lol. he had syringes of PEDs and one of his athletes had EPO in his room. This is a joke
120 preloaded syringes, 3 different types of anabolics, tracked walking through the city disposing of needles in random trash cans. David Torrence voicing concerns after initially joining Aden’s group on a trial basis. Tralby coming up positive.
Let’s please not forget this. My feeling is that he likely got off on a technicality as the drugs were all with the physio.
Lol. he had syringes of PEDs and one of his athletes had EPO in his room. This is a joke
120 preloaded syringes, 3 different types of anabolics, tracked walking through the city disposing of needles in random trash cans. David Torrence voicing concerns after initially joining Aden’s group on a trial basis. Tralby coming up positive.
Let’s please not forget this. My feeling is that he likely got off on a technicality as the drugs were all with the physio.
I believe the charges depended on establishing some sort of conspiracy - criminal organization and that this was not adequately proved.
A Spanish court barred the release of the blood bags from doped athletes that were gathered years ago in the notorious doping investigation called "Operacion Puerto". That's how credible this Aden decision is.
Spanish criminal courts have the same threshold as US counterparts - conviction requires certainty beyond a reasonable doubt aka 99%+ certainty. Dave Torrence himself said he was 95% certain this was illegal.
This looks like a straight forward situation of the judge thinking it likely they did it but not being able to say we are 99% sure he did it. Judge said the defence was suspicious and not compelling but there was a lack of evidence. The two charges they faced however require strong evidence of organization - it isn't enough to be in possession of the drugs you have to prove they were using it as part of a system of supply/distribution. I'm guessing they tried the bigger supply charges rather than just possession charges to try get a bigger sentence?
So no this changes Jack for me.
People who still stan for him please tell me what excuse a clean coach has for walking around the streets at night putting used needles in trash bins.
Spanish criminal courts have the same threshold as US counterparts - conviction requires certainty beyond a reasonable doubt aka 99%+ certainty. Dave Torrence himself said he was 95% certain this was illegal.
This looks like a straight forward situation of the judge thinking it likely they did it but not being able to say we are 99% sure he did it. Judge said the defence was suspicious and not compelling but there was a lack of evidence. The two charges they faced however require strong evidence of organization - it isn't enough to be in possession of the drugs you have to prove they were using it as part of a system of supply/distribution. I'm guessing they tried the bigger supply charges rather than just possession charges to try get a bigger sentence?
So no this changes Jack for me.
People who still stan for him please tell me what excuse a clean coach has for walking around the streets at night putting used needles in trash bins.
Yeah guilty by common sense and court of public opinion. And if you let him coach you like Gezaghene I suspect you are doped to the gills and disappeared for a reason after stealing a medal.
Lol. he had syringes of PEDs and one of his athletes had EPO in his room. This is a joke
120 preloaded syringes, 3 different types of anabolics, tracked walking through the city disposing of needles in random trash cans. David Torrence voicing concerns after initially joining Aden’s group on a trial basis. Tralby coming up positive.
Let’s please not forget this. My feeling is that he likely got off on a technicality as the drugs were all with the physio.
They probably didn't find any EPO in the fridge because it was all in the athletes' bodies.
Spanish criminal courts have the same threshold as US counterparts - conviction requires certainty beyond a reasonable doubt aka 99%+ certainty. Dave Torrence himself said he was 95% certain this was illegal.
This looks like a straight forward situation of the judge thinking it likely they did it but not being able to say we are 99% sure he did it. Judge said the defence was suspicious and not compelling but there was a lack of evidence. The two charges they faced however require strong evidence of organization - it isn't enough to be in possession of the drugs you have to prove they were using it as part of a system of supply/distribution. I'm guessing they tried the bigger supply charges rather than just possession charges to try get a bigger sentence?
So no this changes Jack for me.
People who still stan for him please tell me what excuse a clean coach has for walking around the streets at night putting used needles in trash bins.
Yeah guilty by common sense and court of public opinion. And if you let him coach you like Gezaghene I suspect you are doped to the gills and disappeared for a reason after stealing a medal.
This is an excellent point. Very few remember/know the Gezaghene connection.
There also seems to have initially been a connection between Aden athletes and the Juan Pineda camp.
This is an excellent point. Very few remember/know the Gezaghene connection.
There also seems to have initially been a connection between Aden athletes and the Juan Pineda camp.
Gezaghene is so flagrant it's upsetting.
There wasn't initially a link, there always has been a link. Pineda sports managed most of Aden's top athletes and often helped set them up for their spanish camps. Pineda were still posting on their social media about Dibaba quite recently. They also represent the entire ETH middle distance team minus Welteji - Tsegay, Meshesha, both Hailu sisters, Haylom all with Pineda.
Lol. he had syringes of PEDs and one of his athletes had EPO in his room. This is a joke
120 preloaded syringes, 3 different types of anabolics, tracked walking through the city disposing of needles in random trash cans. David Torrence voicing concerns after initially joining Aden’s group on a trial basis. Tralby coming up positive.
Let’s please not forget this. My feeling is that he likely got off on a technicality as the drugs were all with the physio.
Well the physio wasn't convicted either.
I wish someone in Spain who is fluent in English and Spanish could give us the details. But I felt like it's important to say he was not guilty. If we are following a person for weeks, collecting their trash and still can't convict them, then what does that mean?
To me it means 1) He's innocent or 2) We'll never convict anyone in some places short of a positive test.
