Benoit Passed WWE Drug Test in April

Benoit Passed WWE Drug Test in April

HOLLYWOOD - Late wrestler Chris Benoit passed a drugs test administered by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) two months before he murdered his wife and son.

Benoit asphyxiated his wife Nancy and 7-year-old son Daniel on June 22 and 23, respectively, before hanging himself a day later at the family's home in Georgia.

Wrestling bosses issued a statement on Tuesday--just hours after the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation (GBI) confirmed Benoit's body contained testosterone, the painkiller hydrocodone and anti-anxiety drug Xanax--claiming the 40-year-old passed their drug test in April.


The statement reads: "WWE understands that the toxicology reports for Chris Benoit indicate that he tested positive for testosterone and negative for anabolic steroids.

"On Mr. Benoit's last drug test in April 2007, administered by Aegis Labs, he tested negative for anabolic steroids and for testosterone.

"Given the toxicology report of GBI, it would appear that Mr. Benoit took testosterone sometime after his April 2007 test and the time he died.

"WWE understands that his dealings with (his personal medic) Dr. Astin are currently being investigated, and WWE has no knowledge of whether Dr. Astin prescribed testosterone for Mr. Benoit at some point after the April 2007 tests."