Documentary links Peyton Manning, other pro athletes to use of PEDs
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has been listed in a new Al Jazeera report as one of several prominent professional athletes who were supplied illegal performance-enhancing drugs from a pharmacist who once worked at an Indiana-based pharmacy.
Al Jazeera's documentary set to air Sunday reports that Manning was given a supply of human growth hormone in 2011 while he was recovering from his 2011 neck surgery from a pharmacist then employed at the anti-aging Guyer Institute in Indiana. The report cites the pharmacist, Charlie Sly, who allegedly spoke to an undercover reporter working for the network.
Sly also mentioned Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, Nationals infielder Ryan Zimmerman and boxer Mike Tyson as other athletes who received HGH shipments from him while he worked at the Indianapolis-based Guyer Institute.
In the report, titled "The Dark Side," Al Jazeera says in an article shared in advance with The Huffington Post that steroids and other drugs were shipped to the home address of Manning in 2011 in the name of his wife, Ashley Manning.
Sly, now based in Austin, Texas, also accused Manning and his wife in the undercover video of going to the clinic after its normal business hours for intravenous treatments.
Manning strongly denied the claims to ESPN's Chris Mortensen: "The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and is totally made up. It never happened. Never. I really can't believe somebody would put something like this on the air. Whoever said this is making stuff up."
He went on to say that, "Yes, I have been a patient under Dr. Guyer. I have had nutrient therapy, oxygen therapy and other treatments that are holistic in nature but never HGH. My wife (Ashley) has never provided any medication for me to take. Ashley and I never attended the clinic together after hours. There were times when I went in the morning and there were times when I went after practice so this thing about `after hours' is so misleading because it may have been 5:15 pm because their office closed at 5."
Sly told ESPN Saturday night that he recanted his story to Al Jazeera when he realized that they had used information he had "made up" to Liam Collins, the undercover reporter who he says was trying to get into the supplementation business.
Sly says he was a student intern at The Guyer Institute in 2013 rather than 2011 as the Al Jazeera story alleges.
"When I was there, I had never seen the Mannings ever - they were not even living there at that time," he said. "Someone who worked there said they had been there before. That was the extent of any knowledge I had. I feel badly. I never saw any files. This is just amazing that it reached this point.
"I was trying to determine whether this guy (Collins) was legitimate or just trying to steal some knowledge about the business," Sly said.
He added, "When I realized Al Jazeera was using a secret taping and Collins as a so-called investigative reporter, I was baffled. I cannot believe that can happen. That's why I recanted the story. It wasn't true and I was trying to pull one over on Collins to see if he had any idea of what he was talking about."
The report links several other athletes to HGH and other drugs, including Packers linebacker Mike Neal, who allegedly introduced teammates Julius Peppers and others to Sly, and mentions Steelers linkebacker James Harrison, defensive end Julius Peppers and Neal as athletes who received shipments of a new performance enhancing drug called Delta-2 from him.
The report goes on to say that Sly furnished Clay Matthews with painkillers, and that Howard and Zimmerman received drugs and even Tyson received drugs from Sly.
Harrison, Zimmerman and Howard all denied using the drugs to the network
Neal, Peppers and Tyson didn't respond to requests for comment, Al Jazeera said.
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has been listed in a new Al Jazeera report as one of several prominent professional athletes who were supplied illegal performance-enhancing drugs from a pharmacist who once worked at an Indiana-based pharmacy.
Al Jazeera's documentary set to air Sunday reports that Manning was given a supply of human growth hormone in 2011 while he was recovering from his 2011 neck surgery from a pharmacist then employed at the anti-aging Guyer Institute in Indiana. The report cites the pharmacist, Charlie Sly, who allegedly spoke to an undercover reporter working for the network.
Sly also mentioned Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, Nationals infielder Ryan Zimmerman and boxer Mike Tyson as other athletes who received HGH shipments from him while he worked at the Indianapolis-based Guyer Institute.
In the report, titled "The Dark Side," Al Jazeera says in an article shared in advance with The Huffington Post that steroids and other drugs were shipped to the home address of Manning in 2011 in the name of his wife, Ashley Manning.
Sly, now based in Austin, Texas, also accused Manning and his wife in the undercover video of going to the clinic after its normal business hours for intravenous treatments.
Manning strongly denied the claims to ESPN's Chris Mortensen: "The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and is totally made up. It never happened. Never. I really can't believe somebody would put something like this on the air. Whoever said this is making stuff up."
He went on to say that, "Yes, I have been a patient under Dr. Guyer. I have had nutrient therapy, oxygen therapy and other treatments that are holistic in nature but never HGH. My wife (Ashley) has never provided any medication for me to take. Ashley and I never attended the clinic together after hours. There were times when I went in the morning and there were times when I went after practice so this thing about `after hours' is so misleading because it may have been 5:15 pm because their office closed at 5."
Sly told ESPN Saturday night that he recanted his story to Al Jazeera when he realized that they had used information he had "made up" to Liam Collins, the undercover reporter who he says was trying to get into the supplementation business.
Sly says he was a student intern at The Guyer Institute in 2013 rather than 2011 as the Al Jazeera story alleges.
"When I was there, I had never seen the Mannings ever - they were not even living there at that time," he said. "Someone who worked there said they had been there before. That was the extent of any knowledge I had. I feel badly. I never saw any files. This is just amazing that it reached this point.
"I was trying to determine whether this guy (Collins) was legitimate or just trying to steal some knowledge about the business," Sly said.
He added, "When I realized Al Jazeera was using a secret taping and Collins as a so-called investigative reporter, I was baffled. I cannot believe that can happen. That's why I recanted the story. It wasn't true and I was trying to pull one over on Collins to see if he had any idea of what he was talking about."
The report links several other athletes to HGH and other drugs, including Packers linebacker Mike Neal, who allegedly introduced teammates Julius Peppers and others to Sly, and mentions Steelers linkebacker James Harrison, defensive end Julius Peppers and Neal as athletes who received shipments of a new performance enhancing drug called Delta-2 from him.
The report goes on to say that Sly furnished Clay Matthews with painkillers, and that Howard and Zimmerman received drugs and even Tyson received drugs from Sly.
Harrison, Zimmerman and Howard all denied using the drugs to the network
Neal, Peppers and Tyson didn't respond to requests for comment, Al Jazeera said.
