rojo wrote:
Man Overboard wrote:Maybe I'm being presumptuous that the brojos will actually read this - but I'd really like Mr. Epstein to ask Kara Goucher the following pertinent question and the brojos seem to be buddy-buddy with him so maybe they have some pull:
When EXACTLY does Kara say she received that bottle of Cytomel? Was it March/April before Boston....or August before the WC? Let's have our intrepid investigative reporter ask some hard questions and get the full truth out in the open.
I posted this in the messageboard before the rebuttal came out. Epstein addressed it in the article. It's very clear.
Kara says that Alberto told her to take Cytomel without a prescription - and gave her the handwritten pill bottle- which Dr. Brown says he'd never hand out - in March/April of 2011.
Here is what Epstein wrote in the initial BBC report.
Epstein wrote:
Five months after she gave birth to Colt in 2010, Salazar was unhappy about Goucher's weight, she says. Salazar had previously recommended that several female runners he deemed overweight take over-the-counter supplements marketed as fat-burners. But for Goucher, he had something different in mind. "You need to just take some Cytomel," she says he told her. Cytomel is the brand name for a form of synthetic thyroid hormone, prescribed when the thyroid is naturally underactive, which can lead to weight gain and fatigue. When Goucher asked how she would get it, she says Salazar told her, "Just ask Galen for some of his, he has a prescription for it."
Colt Goucher - according to Alberto's document - was born on September 25, 2010.
So five + months from then would be February/March. So it was in the leadup to her pretty amazing 2:24 run in Boston just months after becoming a mom.
Epstein confirms this in his most recent piece:
Epstein wrote:
The ProPublica and BBC accounts referred to an instance earlier in 2011, in March, prior to the Boston Marathon. “His story is a different timeline,” Goucher told ProPublica. “He’s trying to use Daegu to cover up Boston.”
Salazar produced a note from Dr. Brown for August which had absolutely nothing to do with the allegations. It was a very clever rebuttal by him. Discredit Kara with facts that aren't relevant at all.
Also note, Brown vehemntly denies he'd ever give Kara a handwritten prescription. Someone committed a prescription drug violation and Brown says it wasn't him.
It's very interesting also that Salazar says Brown set up the experiment to dope Alex Salazar, "The Gatlin case involved testosterone so we decided to see if rubbing Androgel on an athlete after a race could cause a positive test. Dr. Jeffery Brown set up the experiment," but Brown flat denies that.
Dr. Brown denied that. Doping a guy with testosterone who doesn't need it would be a big potential no-no for an MD.
Epstein wrote:
In an interview, Brown said he did not prescribe a controlled substance for Salazar’s sons or other research subjects as part of an experiment. “No, absolutely not,” Brown said. “I didn’t do that, and would not do that. I would never do that.” He said that he was merely advising Salazar on how to conduct research on potential sabotage “in a hypothetical situation.” He said that Salazar’s exploration of potential testosterone sabotage was “admirable.” When asked whether Salazar was using his own prescription for testing on his sons, Brown declined to comment citing medical privacy laws.
In the end, people protect their own asses. By doping Alex Salazar, either Brown or Alberto likely committed a crime. Netiher wants to be cop responsibilty for that one.