Monday, March 5, 2012

'Wrestler' 'roid-dealer actor in steroids bust

The actor who played a steroid dealer in the Oscar-nominated film "The Wrestler" was charged Thursday with being the real thing: Authorities arrested him in a large steroid bust that culminated in a violent chase.

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan also accused Scott Siegel of leading Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local police on a car chase worthy of an action flick.

Siegel, 34, was ordered held without bail on federal drug dealing and assault charges at a court appearance Thursday in White Plains, New York. The arrest and chase played out three days before the Oscars, where "The Wrestler" could garner an Academy Award for …

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