Another cover up
"Whetstine, who'd been brought to Indianapolis by Nike to treat its athletes, suffered a broken nose, a dislocated left thumb, a sprained ankle, a concussion and other head injuries, according to an Indianapolis Police Department report.
A video camera outside the Westin Hotel caught the combat. "It was clear that the Nike person was the aggressor," said Skye Griffin, the Indianapolis Police Department detective assigned to the case. "It was an assault, not a fight. I don't even know that the massage guy threw a punch."
What at first glance seemed a routine bar brawl then veered off in an unexpected direction. Days after the fight, top U.S. sprinter Justin Gatlin announced that he'd flunked a drug test. Gatlin's agent publicly accused Whetstine of sabotaging Gatlin with testosterone-laced massage cream.
Whetstine then and now denies the allegations and the agent's claims have been discredited."