Actor Stallone Pleads Guilty To Importing Banned Substance
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SYDNEY, Australia — Actor Sylvester Stallone pleaded guilty yesterday to bringing vials of restricted muscle-building hormones into Australia and faces sentencing next week.
Lawyers for the 60-year-old star of the “Rocky” and “Rambo” movies entered the guilty pleas on behalf of the actor, who did not appear before Sydney’s Downing Center Local Court.
“I made a terrible mistake, not because I was attempting to deceive anyone, but I was simply ignorant to your official rules,” Mr. Stallone said in a letter to Sydney’s Local Court.
Mr. Stallone was accused of bringing banned substances into Australia after a customs search of his luggage during a February 16 visit to Sydney disclosed 48 vials of the human growth hormone product, Jintropin.
Mr. Stallone faces a maximum penalty of $18,000 on each of the two charges.
