Update on Chris Benoit’s Doctor - To Be Sentenced
Wrestling Globe Newsletter reports that Dr. Phil C. Astin III, was Chris Benoit physician at the time of the Benoit double murder/suicide, will be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to a 175-count indictment of illegally distributing prescription drugs from May 2002 until July 2007. On January 29, 2009, Astin admitted he illegally prescribed drugs, sometimes without even examining the patients first and pleaded guilty to all 175 counts against him. Astin is facing a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million on each count.. Astin prescribed Lorcet, Xanax and Somas to the Benoit’s from December 2004 until June 2007. Astin will be sentenced tomorrow in court.
God Bless the Benoit Family

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