15-05-2007 11:30
Sylvester Stallone has pleaded guilty to bringing a banned performance enhancement drug into Australia.
Lawyers for the 'Rocky Balboa' star - who has been charged with importing the human growth hormone product Jintropin - entered the guilty plea before Sydney's Darling Center Local Court yesterday (14.05.07).
The 60-year-old actor - who was not present for the hearing - apologised for his actions in a letter.
He said: "I made a terrible mistake, not because I was attempting to deceive anyone but I was simply ignorant to your official rules.
"I feel terrible that my breach of the rules has set a poor example to members of the public, whose opinion I cherish dearly."
Stallone's lawyer, Phillip Boulten, said his client had been prescribed the hormones for medical reasons and had been taking them under medical supervision for six years.
He said: "This is not some back-alley body builder dealing covertly with some banned substance in some sort of secret way. This was a legitimate medical condition being treated by doctors of the top ranking order in the west coast of the US."
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