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Benoits Doctor Indicted Today on NUMEROUS Counts

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-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 05/29/08- The doctor who allegedly prescribed steroids and other drugs to wrestler Chris Benoit was indicted today on 175 federal counts of illegal prescription abuse.

Dr. Phil Astin III was indicted in July 2007 on seven federal counts of overprescribing to two people other than Benoit. Today’s indictment includes the charges from the first indictment and adds 150 counts relating to 17 additional patients. Benoit’s doctor indicted on 175 counts

-ATLANTA – Dr. Phil Astin, the doctor previously charged with supplying drugs to professional wrestlers, is facing dozens of new charges in federal court.

According to an indictment handed down Thursday afternoon in federal court in Atlanta, Astin faces at least 175 charges related to consipracy and the illegal distribution of drugs including Percocet, Ritalin, Oxycontin, Demerol, Xanax and others. Benoit’s Doctor Facing Dozens More Charges

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