A California-based doctor accused of offering Major League Baseball players with performance-enhancing drugs has pleaded guilty to the accusations.
Ramon Scruggs, the doctor, made the confession after being accused of illegally writing prescriptions to patients.
The plea agreement came from federal prosecutors at the United States District Court in San Jose.
From NYTimes.com:
The New York Times reported in April that the players Troy Glaus and Todd Greene testified before a federal grand jury investigating Scruggs that their agents — Mike Nicotera and Gene Casaleggio — referred them to Scruggs.
Two other players, Scott Schoeneweis and Ismael Valdez, said that Scruggs provided them with steroids.
In an interview with The Times in April, Scruggs said that he provided patients with substances because they pressured him.
Scruggs was accused of distributing steroids and human growth hormone to people who did not had legal medical reasons for using the substances.
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