Yankees star Alex Rodriguez said on Monday he would cooperate with US investigators probing a Canadian doctor accused of selling an unapproved drug.
Rodriguez said he was waiting to hear further from authorities investigating doctor Anthony Galea.
Galea is facing four charges in Canada related to the drug known as Actovegin, which is extracted from calf’s blood and used for healing but is not approved for sale in the US or Canada.
His assistant also has been charged in the US for having Human Growth Hormone (HGH) — banned in the sports world as a performance enhancer — and another drug while crossing the border in September.
Rodriguez said on Monday he couldn’t comment on the probe, but indicated he had been contacted.
“I can’t really get into that,” Rodriguez said. “I have to speak to those guys first. I’ve just got to wait for instructions.”
Rodriguez declined to comment when asked if he had even been treated by Galea.
“I’m focused on baseball,” Rodriguez said.
Galea’s attorney, Brian Greenspan, has said his client denies any wrongdoing.
Greenspan also has said Galea has used HGH himself and prescribed it to non-athlete patients over the age of 40 but has never given it to athletes.
Galea is known for using a blood-spinning technique — platelet-rich plasma therapy — that is designed to speed recovery from injuries.
His high-profile clients include golfer Tiger Woods, who was treated by Galea during his 2008 rehabilitation from knee surgery.
The embattled golf superstar, who has spoken publicly just once since he was embroiled in a sex scandal that has put his career in limbo, took that opportunity to emphatically deny any link to performance enhancing drugs.
During his public apology for cheating on his wife, Woods said any allegation that he used performance-enhancing drugs were “completely and utterly false.”
Greenspan has said the golfer is in no way linked to the charges against Galea.
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