Performance-enhancing drugs for baseball weren’t the only things Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch was prescribing to Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez admitted to federal investigators that Bosch had given him Cialis and Viagra, according to a new bombshell report from ESPN that cited Drug Enforcement Administration documents from a 2014 sitdown with the then-Yankees slugger.
The Jan. 29, 2014, meeting with two assistant U.S. Department of Justice attorneys and seven DEA agents marked the first time Rodriguez admitted to using PEDs he had gotten from Bosch — something he had publicly denied.
However, according to ESPN, Rodriguez also revealed that Bosch had noticed that his testosterone levels had been “low for a man of his age” after analyzing Rodriguez’s blood.
Rodriguez, who now serves as an analyst on MLB broadcasts for Fox and ESPN, copped to illegally receiving the erectile dysfunction medication from Bosch for what he described to investigators as for “fun.”
The extensive report, which is based on 1,400 pages of DEA notes from their investigation into what has been described as the largest doping program in American sports, revealed new details about Rodriguez’s involvement in one of MLB’s biggest scandals.
During a “Queen for a Day” meeting, which was granted to Rodriguez by prosecutors and allowed him to share details without fear of legal prosecution, the former Yankees third baseman revealed the names of other players who were clients of Bosch.
The list included the likes of Manny Ramirez, Ryan Braun and one other All-Star player who did not receive a suspension, per ESPN.
Rodriguez acknowledged that he was paying roughly $12,000 per month for “doping protocols fueled by testosterone creams, red, gummy-like lozenges containing testosterone and human growth hormone” between 2010 and 2012.
The three-time MVP even reportedly used petty cash obtained from the Yankees’ traveling team secretary — who was not involved in the scheme.
And he admitted to lying to Yankees president Randy Levine in 2012 about not having a relationship with Bosch when he was asked about it.
Rodriguez did not comment to ESPN for the story.
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