MIAMI — Three Green Bay Packers NFL players named in an Al-Jazeera television report into the use of performance-enhancing drugs have denied any wrongdoing and labeled the allegations a “fabrication.”
Linebackers Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers and Mike Neal were named in the report by Charlie Sly, who was filmed undercover saying he provided drugs, including banned performance-enhancing drugs, to a number of NFL and baseball players.
Before the Al-Jazeera report was broadcast on Sunday, Sly issued a statement recanting the claims he was shown making in the film.
"The statements on any recordings or communications that Al-Jazeera plans to air are absolutely false and incorrect,” Sly said.