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Steroid Pusher in ?The Wrestler? Charged With . . . Pushing Steroids

By Ashby Jones

Life imitates art imitating life. That’s one way of looking at the situation that unfolded late last night up in Eastchester, N.Y. A man named Scott Siegel, who played a steroid pusher in the critically acclaimed movie “The Wrestler,” starring Mickey Rourke (pictured), was arrested last night and charged with attempting to, well, push steroids. Here’s a copy of the complaint, filed in federal court in White Plains, N.Y. (The complaint’s not a bad read: It alleges that before the arrest took place, a bunch of wacky things happened, including a car chase that ended in a big old (perhaps movie-worthy) crash-up.)

Just moments ago, we caught up with Siegel’s lawyer, Peter Tilem, who confirmed that the Siegel charged is, in fact, the Siegel who appeared in the movie. “Oh yeah, he’s a big boy,” said Tilem. “My law partner’s a big guy and today they sat down next to each other, and my partner said he felt pretty small.”

Okay. Tilem told us that the magistrate judge denied bail for Siegel today, and that Siegel continues to be held in jail up in Westchester County. “We were really disappointed by that,” he said. “We hope to revisit that at a later time.”

When asked if he had anything further to say on behalf of his client, Tilem demurred. “Not right now. I still need to sit down with Scott and figure out what happened.”

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).