In the wake of the release of Al Jazeera’s investigative documentary The Dark Side, which alleges PED use amongst star athletes across professional sports, two of the film’s subjects have filed defamation lawsuits against the news network.
The Phillies’ Ryan Howard and Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman both filed lawsuits Tuesday afternoon in an effort to shoot down allegations that they were involved in a doping ring which include a Florida-based nutrition company called Elementz Nutrition.
Company founder Charlie Sly was recorded unknowingly by an undercover reporter and mentioned MLB’s Howard and Zimmerman, along with the NFL’s Peyton Manning, James Harrison, Mike Neal and Julius Peppers as players that he provided PED’s with.