Angle charged with HGH possession

Citation :: MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. -- Pro wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh.

Angle was arrested about 7:50 a.m. Saturday in a Robinson Township strip mall parking lot. His girlfriend, who said she obtained a protection order about 1½ hours earlier after the two fought Friday night, alleged that he had circled the lot staring at her as she sat in a coffee shop, according to a police affidavit.

Police said they found the human growth hormone Hygetropin in Angle's car, and the wrestler told them he had a prescription for the drug. He also told officers he had not seen the woman and was looking for a hotel because he was barred from his home.

Angle, 40, was charged with violating the order of protection, harassment, possession of drugs and paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. He posted bail and is scheduled to appear for a hearing Tuesday on the drug and harassment charges and Wednesday on the charge of violating the protection order, a court clerk said.

Angle, the current heavyweight champion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, was scheduled to appear in a TNA Wrestling event Sunday night in Orlando, Fla. Steven Godfrey, spokesman for Nashville, Tenn.-based TNA Wrestling, declined comment on the arrest but said the main event between Angle, Sting and "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan would go on as scheduled.

Godfrey also said TNA has a drug policy in place for staff and performers, but he declined to release the details.

Angle's phone number is unlisted. Messages left for attorney Michael Santicola, who has represented him previously, were not immediately returned.

Angle is a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Clarion University in western Pennsylvania. He won the 220-pound championship at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, defeating Iran's Abbas Jadidi for the gold medal, and has been a professional wrestler since 1998.

In September, Angle was found not guilty of drunken driving in Moon Township outside Pittsburgh. A motorist told police Angle had cut her off while leaving a bar parking lot.

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Citation :: PITTSBURGH -- Professional wrestler and Pittsburgh native Kurt Angle was arrested in Robinson Township Saturday morning.

On Sunday, his attorney defended his actions, and said he is completely innocent.

According to the criminal complaint, his girlfriend had filed a protection from abuse order against him, which was served at Angle's home Saturday morning.

The woman reported to police that she was at a Starbucks on the Internet and claims she saw Angle stalking her.

She called 911, and police pulled Angle over in his girlfriend's car.

According to the criminal complaint, Angle was driving on a suspended license. Police also found a capped syringe and two vials of "Hygetropin," otherwise known as HGH. Angle told police he had a legal prescription for the drugs.

The charges against Angle include: driving while operating privilege is suspended, prohibited acts-possession, harassment and prohibited acts. Angle was acquitted of a drunken driving charge in September, and his attorney believes the charge of operating with a suspended license will be dropped once the paperwork is worked out.

Angle's attorney, Michael Santicola, also said that there was no corroborating evidence to prove the woman needed a protection from abuse order.

Their contention was that the woman was upset that Angle wanted to end the relationship, and wanted to continue to involve herself in his life.

Santicola said there's no way Angle could have known the woman was at the Starbucks where he is accused of violating the P.F.A.

Santicola also defended the HGH found in Angle's car, "I have spoken with his agent, it is under prescription, multiple people use it in his industry and it is not illegal."

Angle was the TNA Wrestling World Champion going into a match Sunday night on pay-per-view. Angle was in Orlando Sunday and TNA Wrestling confirmed that Angle would participate in that match.

The girlfriend mentioned in the complaint is also a wrestler for TNA.

Angle was scheduled to have a hearing on Tuesday, but his attorney told Channel 11 that he will be out of town, so it will likely be delayed.

A spokesman for the Kurt Angle Ultimate Teen Challenge also said on Sunday that Angle will still participate in the event planned for Saturday.

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