Cops: Olympic Champ Given "Date Rape" Drug

(AP)  Former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk was drugged with GHB, a common date rape drug, in a ritzy Orange County hotel during a business meeting, a sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday.

Grishuk, who won two Olympic gold medals for Russia in the 1990s for ice dancing, was at the St. Regis Monarch Beach on April 12 when she began to feel ill and numb, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.

While eating dinner, she spotted a dissolved pill in the bottom of her drink, he said. Investigators later found another pill in the bottom of a drink she ordered in the hotel's lounge, he said.

Toxicology tests that came back Tuesday were positive for GHB. It wasn't immediately known how the pills got in Grishuk's drinks or who put them there, Amormino said.

"How somebody was able to do that, I honestly don't know, but it appears that somebody, for whatever reason, attempted to drug her," he said.

GHB, or gamma hydroxy butyrate, can cause breathing problems, loss of consciousness, seizures, drowsiness, coma and death.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration labels GHB a "predatory drug" that can be mixed with alcohol to reduce resistance from a victim before a sexual assault. It is also popular with teenagers at raves and is sometimes used by bodybuilders for its anabolic effects, the DEA said.

Grishuk, 36, won gold medals in ice dancing in 1994 and 1998.

In 1999, Grishuk split with her dancing partner Yevgeny Platov, dropped her agent and joined Alexander Zhulin for a "Pasha and Sasha" duo on the ice. Her Web site says the native Ukrainian is now a solo dancer and lives in Los Angeles.

An e-mail to Grishuk was not immediately returned.

Kristi Turek, a spokeswoman at the St. Regis, said she had no comment.

[keithle1]

Who says "men don''t believe in rape," gurusavant? Is this one of your personal theories?

We do know that SOME women do lie about being raped. You won''t argue with that I trust. I don''t think that''s the case here.

Keep an eye on your drink at all times, ladies. Before you go to the ladies room, finish your drink.

Not all men are rapists.

[gurusavant]

And really, the only surprising thing about this report is that some average (or not so) pretty boy must''ve had the guts to violate someone of this status. It happens all the time, everywhere. But I guess because men don''t believe in rape, women don''t either...whether drug induced or not.

[pheenicks]

The reason this is indeed international news, excoachken; is because the woman is a Russian Olympic gold medalist and some slob here in the States tried to drug her. Not exactly the kinda thing that does international relations a world of good when international relations aren''t exactly great between us. Yeah I know the media has you brainwashed into thinking Russia has openly accepted western democracy but if you believe that you also believe America is an independent nation, and Britain really wants the best for you.

[excoachken]

It was probably an S.O.B. from the KGB that put the GHB into her CC+JOLT while she was watching MTV, making her act like she had A.D.H.T. Time to call the FBI, PDQ, before they find her DOA at LAX.

[excoachken]

Why is this national news?

[beehive21-2009]

Po thing,good thing she wasn''t kidnapped to Texas,hear they want to do DNA tests on girls.Oh, The state of Texas,abolished the Constitution,last week.

[waterandsand]

ghb in a pill form?

[dome200q]

Cpaide, trying to bait others again? You never did answer which part of the world you live in.

[cpaide]

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