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Olympic Ice Dancer Pasha Grishuk Drugged with GHB
Written By Ann Turner
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Category: | Daily News |
Orange County police are investigating the drugging of former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk with GHB at the Saint Regis Monarch Beach Hotel on April 12. The Russian skater was attending a business meeting at the hotel when she became ill after having several alcoholic drinks. Tests on the glasses containing the beverages revealed the presence of GHB, the so-called "date-rape" drug.
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Pasha Grishuk reportedly left a glass of wine unattended at a table while at the hotel. After returning to finish the wine, Grishuk discovered a partially dissolved pill at the bottom of the wine glass, according to TMZ.com. Police were called to the scene and arrived to find Grishuk feeling sick and numb. A second glass the skater had been drinking from also contained pill residue.
On Tuesday, an Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesperson confirmed to the press that the two glasses removed from the scene tested positive for GHB. Police are investigating who might have been responsible for the attempt to drug 36-year-old Grishuk.
"How somebody was able to do that, I honestly don't know, but it appears that somebody, for whatever reason, attempted to drug her," sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said, according to the Associated Press.
GHB is commonly known as the "date-rape" drug as it lowers resistance in its victims, causes drowsiness and can lead to temporary memory loss. The highly dangerous drug can also cause breathing problems and lead to seizures, coma or death.
Pasha Grishuk won Olympic gold medals in ice dancing with her partner Yevgeny Platov in 1994 and 1998. The native Ukrainian now lives in Los Angeles.
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