In what may be a major victory for not only Tiger Woods, but also the PGA Tour, Buffalo News cited sources close to the Galea investigation as saying that while other athletes may be involved in the Galea investigation, Tiger Woods was not.
According to the article, “No evidence has surfaced linking Tiger Woods to the use of performanceenhancing drugs, sources close to an investigation involving a Toronto doctor told The Buffalo News on Thursday.
Two of those sources said other professional athletes — but not Woods — could potentially wind up in trouble as a result of the federal investigation of Dr. Anthony Galea of Toronto.”
Also from the article:
“Galea, 51, is the subject of high-profile investigations in both Canada and the United States. His former assistant, Mary Anne Catalano, 32, faces a federal smuggling charge after she was caught at the Peace Bridge in September with drugs in her car.
Catalano has been cooperating with an ongoing investigation by Buffalo agents from U. S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, the FBI and the U. S. Food & Drug Administration.
According to court papers, Catalano has told federal agents that her boss, Galea, asked her to transport the drugs over the Peace Bridge into the United States because he had run into problems transporting them in the past.
U. S. Customs&Border Protection officers reported that, among the items found in her car were a quantity of Nutropin, a human growth hormone that is sometimes used by athletes to increase muscle-building potential.
Federal agents have since learned details of Galea’s treatment of Woods and more than a dozen other professional athletes, sources close to the case said.”
Galea has admitted that he uses HGH and has given patients in Canada HGH, where it is not illegal.
