Stallone fined for drug imports: (48 vials)HGH and (4 vials)test

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Stallone fined for drug imports: (48 vials)HGH and (4 vials)test
ABC
05/20/07
Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone has been convicted and fined for bringing banned substances into Australia during a visit to Sydney in February.

Last week Stallone pleaded guilty to importing 48 vials of human growth hormone and possessing four vials of testosterone .

Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court heard Stallone tried to deceive Customs Officers when they found the growth hormone in his luggage at Sydney airport, by passing off a fake prescription as genuine

Stallone apologised, saying he was using the substances to treat a medical condition, and did not know he was breaking Australian law.

He has been fined just under $3,000 and agreed to pay court costs of $10,000.

The 60-year-old was in Australia in February to plug his latest film Rocky Balboa.

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Musclebound Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone was Monday fined just 2,975 dollars (2,452 US) for bringing illegal human growth hormones into Australia.

The 60-year-old star of the blockbuster "Rocky" boxing movies had faced a maximum fine of 22,000 dollars, but the magistrate ordered him to pay just 13 percent of that figure because the actor had shown remorse.

But ***uty Chief Magistrate Paul Cloran also ordered Stallone, who was not in the Sydney court where he was sentenced, to pay the prosecution costs of 10,000 dollars, taking his total bill to just under 13,000 dollars.

Stallone last week apologised to the court for bringing 52 vials of a banned human growth hormone and testosterone , a male hormone used to improve muscle mass, into Australia when he came here to promote his latest Rocky movie.

The onetime "Italian Stallion" said he had been taking the substances under medical supervision for years to treat a medical condition, which was not revealed in court, and did not know they were illegal.

But the magistrate said Stallone had failed to prove he had a valid prescription for the human growth hormone, Jintropin, which was found in his luggage at Sydney airport.

Jintropin is not legally available for retail use in the United States and therefore could not have been prescribed, the magistrate said, also referring to an interview the actor had with Australian customs officers.

During that encounter, Stallone told officers that as one got older, the pituitary gland slowed, making one feel older.

"This stuff gives your body a boost and you feel and look good," Stallone said. "Doing Rambo is hard work and I am going to be in Burma for a while. Where do you think I am going to get this stuff in Burma?"

Human growth hormone occurs naturally but can also be made in synthetic form to boost muscle mass.

Stallone last week pleaded guilty to importing the banned growth hormone, but said in a written statement he had made a "terrible mistake."

"Never ever was it my intention to breach the laws and I realise that I should have properly informed myself about your customs," Stallone said.

His lawyer said Stallone, who shot to global fame in the 1976 movie "Rocky," had been ignorant of Australian law and was "extremely mortified" over the incident that overshadowed the launch of his latest film here.

But prosecutor John Agius told the court that the Hollywood icon had tried to "cover up" the fact that he had not declared four vials of testosterone by throwing them out of his hotel window as police arrived to search his room.

Stallone was just 29 when he made "Rocky," which took in nearly 450 million dollars at the worldwide box office, but was twice that age last year when he made "Rocky Balboa," the sixth film in the series.

"Just because people get older doesn't mean they abandon their dream or their ability to want to do something, so Rocky is symbolic of still wanting to participate," Stallone told reporters recently.

"This stuff gives your body a boost and you feel and look good," Stallone said.

So is that the medical condition? Who with a "medical condition" carrying a controlled substance roams around the world with no prescription? I wouldve given him the maximum fine.

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Also strange he using jino as his HGH...

[Carlos_E]

Maybe he's too cheap to buy American.

[goose]

Maybe he's too cheap to buy American.

These rich guys...

[RA]

Gee, I wondered how he was still making action movies at 100

[Carlos_E]

Gee, I wondered how he was still making action movies at 100

*Cough* *Cough* GH *Cough* *Cough*

[biglouie250]

the rambo 4 trailer is worth this headache. looks awesome. check it out on youtube....he rips some dudes throat out.

[Prada]

*Cough* *Cough* GH *Cough* *Cough*

You very well know he has a valid medical reason to use GH, his online Dr in China prescribed it.

Many people in hollywood use GH, so nothing new.

[XEME]

Maybe he's too cheap to buy American.

a hollywood star just wants to save money?

[Lexed]

jesus they actiing like gh is gonna cause havoc to there whole country