Peyton Manning was the oldest quarterback to ever play in the Super Bowl — but that just meant he’d been around long enough to be plagued by scandals!
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Peyton Manning was the oldest quarterback to ever play in the Super Bowl — but that just meant he'd been around long enough to be plagued by scandals!
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The 2016 investigation began with charges that Peyton had been indulging in Human Growth Hormones — a substance banned by the NFL that's believed to help athletes recover from injuries faster.
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The investigation was sparked in Jan. when news network Al Jazeera reported that an intern at an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic, identified as Charles Sly, was taped suggesting that Peyton’s wife Ashley had received deliveries of HGH.
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At the time of the alleged delivery, Peyton was struggling to return from neck and shoulder surgeries while playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He said the accusation is “complete garbage," and that the HGH was for his wife. Charles has since recanted the story.
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Then a disturbing 911 call emerged from an evening when two mysterious men visited the intern at his family's house. The audio has Charles' scared sister calling authorities on Dec. 22 — five days before Al Jazeera aired the documentary.
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Charles' sister said that two men "claiming to be law enforcement officers" had shown up at the Sly family door, but refused to show identification. In the course of the 911 call, the mysterious men admitted that they are private investigators. Charles recanted that story on Dec. 27.
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The superstar quarterback also endured a brutal legal sacking by a former female athletic trainer when he was playing for the University of Tennessee! Dr. Jamie Ann Naughright claimed the college hero pulled down his shorts and sat on her head while she was checking out his injured foot. The school settled the sexual harassment charges for $300,000.
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Peyton went on to the NFL where he set passing records and won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts — but he didn't learn his lesson about tangling with Dr. Naughright. He had to settle another lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of cash!
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That was after he wrote in his 2000 book, "Archie Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy," that she had a "vulgar mouth." But years later, the accusations flew that Peyton found a new way to shut up his detractors!
Peyton Manning was the oldest quarterback to ever play in the Super Bowl — but that just meant he'd been around long enough to be plagued by scandals!
Photo credit: Getty Images
The 2016 investigation began with charges that Peyton had been indulging in Human Growth Hormones — a substance banned by the NFL that's believed to help athletes recover from injuries faster.
The investigation was sparked in Jan. when news network Al Jazeera reported that an intern at an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic, identified as Charles Sly, was taped suggesting that Peyton’s wife Ashley had received deliveries of HGH.
At the time of the alleged delivery, Peyton was struggling to return from neck and shoulder surgeries while playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He said the accusation is “complete garbage," and that the HGH was for his wife. Charles has since recanted the story.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Then a disturbing 911 call emerged from an evening when two mysterious men visited the intern at his family's house. The audio has Charles' scared sister calling authorities on Dec. 22 — five days before Al Jazeera aired the documentary.
Charles' sister said that two men "claiming to be law enforcement officers" had shown up at the Sly family door, but refused to show identification. In the course of the 911 call, the mysterious men admitted that they are private investigators. Charles recanted that story on Dec. 27.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The superstar quarterback also endured a brutal legal sacking by a former female athletic trainer when he was playing for the University of Tennessee! Dr. Jamie Ann Naughright claimed the college hero pulled down his shorts and sat on her head while she was checking out his injured foot. The school settled the sexual harassment charges for $300,000.
Peyton went on to the NFL where he set passing records and won a Super Bowl ring with the Indianapolis Colts — but he didn't learn his lesson about tangling with Dr. Naughright. He had to settle another lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of cash!
That was after he wrote in his 2000 book, "Archie Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy," that she had a "vulgar mouth." But years later, the accusations flew that Peyton found a new way to shut up his detractors!
Photo credit: Getty Images