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A SPORTS biochemist involved in the Essendon drug investigation says an organised crime network wanted him to help blackmail players into joining a match-fixing ring.
He also claims to have helped Olympic athletes avoid returning positive drug tests.

Shane Charter, who worked with Essendon as a strength and nutrition adviser, has told Fairfax Media he was asked to spike players’ supplements with cocaine to provide positive tests as a blackmail tool.

Mr Charter said he used independent drug analyses to warn Olympic athletes to pull out of events because they would fail competition-day tests.

Fairfax has published a series of interviews with Mr Charter, who decided to ignore legal advice and speak publicly after he was threatened, bashed, had his home burgled and a family pet killed since his name was linked to the sports supplement program.

“The ACC (Australian Crime Commission report on crime links to sport) is right but they have just scratched the surface,” he said, adding that he was prepared to give evidence to the ASADA inquiry.

He also spoke out in support of Essendon coach James Hird whom he described as a stickler for the rules.

“Whenever I gave him a supplement he would ring the doctor and read the label to him to make sure it didn’t contain any banned substances,” Mr Charter said.
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