Celebrity Justice
Benoit Had Steroids in His System

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says steroids were found in the body of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and young son last month before hanging himself.

Benoit's wife Nancy had "therapeutic levels" of Xanax and hydrocodone -- a generic Vicodin -- in her system when she died.

Investigators said they did find extremely elevated levels of testosterone in his bloodstream -- enough to say that Benoit was using the hormone when he died. They claim this is evidence that the wrestler was injecting himself with the steroid.



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1. BFD ... didn't we already know this??

Posted at 2:36PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Laurie

2. Duh.

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Leah

3. one big jerk' all those guy's are on drug's.,

Posted at 2:36PM on Jul 17th 2007 by frank russo

4. knew it!

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Heather

5. SURPRISE, SURPRISE

Posted at 2:45PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Lisa

6. i'm stunned!!!!!

Posted at 2:37PM on Jul 17th 2007 by DENN!$

7. NO SURPRISE. HE LOOKS LIKE AN ANIMAL !

Posted at 2:45PM on Jul 17th 2007 by No Surpise

8. Hey, TMZ - Please take the picture of Denise Richards off the screen pimping for Playboy. We're sick of that trampy slutty, homewrecker. (She should get her eyebrows plucked. Yuck)

Posted at 2:40PM on Jul 17th 2007 by D.C.

9. Not a shock!

Posted at 3:13PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Stefanie

10. wonder what vince and his wrestling organization has to say about this now, since they said it had nothing to do with steroids.

Posted at 2:41PM on Jul 17th 2007 by max

11. Real shocker.

Posted at 2:46PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Tam

12. The doctor has flat out said and repeated that there are no tests to determine that steroids caused the deaths. he also stated that even though the numbers were higher than for normal people, they were THERAPEUTIC levels, not performance. He had suffered from LOW Testosterone for years having depleted his normal levels from earlier steroid abuse. His was to level him off and was therapeutic. Sadly, we will never know the truth.

Posted at 2:49PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Paul M

13. Report correctly TMZ!!! The only steroid was TESTOSTERONE and not at an unusual level! Why not report that Nancy had higher levels of Xanax, Delaudan, and Loratab in her system as well? You are selectively reporting just like other media outlets. Report the whole truth not just what you want to use to justify your accusations of roid rage.

Posted at 2:49PM on Jul 17th 2007 by Nicole

14. This is a sad story TMZ staffers. It is wrong to exploit pictures of this man's dead son on the internet to get more internet hits..

Posted at 2:50PM on Jul 17th 2007 by big deal

15. ROT IN HELL Benoit

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 17th 2007 by debbie

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