WWE Criticizes Media Handling of Benoit Tragedy
June 26th, 2007 by Brian Cantor
Attacks those blaming the events on “roid rage.”
WWE.com posted an updated statement Tuesday criticizing the media for connecting Benoit’s alleged steroid use to the double homicide-suicide he apparently committed this weekend.
Based on the stigma associated with pro wrestling and the fact that anabolic steroids were among the prescription drugs found in Benoit’s home, a number of pundits and analysts have speculated that “roid rage” could be responsible for the tragic events.
But WWE cites a number of points in calling the “roid rage” speculation worthy of concern:
“1. The authorities stated that all drugs found in the house were believed to be legal prescriptions.
2. Steroids were not, and could not, be related to the cause of death (asphyxiation). Authorities had no factual basis to speculate as to Benoit’s state of mind, and rightly did not do so.
3. Toxicology tests have not even been completed, so there is no current evidence that Benoit even had steroids or any other substance in his body. In that regard, on the last test done on Benoit by WWE’s independently administered drug testing program, done on April 10, 2007, Benoit tested negative.
4. The physical findings announced by authorities indicate deliberation, not rage. The wife’s feet and hands were bound and she was asphyxiated, not beaten to death. By the account of the authorities, there were substantial periods of time between the death of the wife and the death of the son, again suggesting deliberate thought, not rage. The presence of a Bible by each is also not an act of rage.
5. WWE strongly suggests that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do with these senseless acts, especially when the authorities plainly stated there is no evidence that Benoit had steroids in his body, pending the toxicological reports, and that they had no evidence at this time as to the motive for these acts.”
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