I suppose when you’re 60 you need a little help bulking up for films like Rocky 7.....
Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone is facing a hefty fine and possible jail sentence for allegedly trying to take vials of a banned muscle-building hormone into Australia. The 60-year-old star of the Rocky and First Blood movies has been charged with importing a banned substance.
Stallone and his entourage were stopped at Sydney airport as he flew in for a promotional visit on February 16.
Customs officials searched his bags and later his hotel room and private jet.
The prosecution (at a hearing in Sydney claimed 48 vials of human growth hormone were found among the actor’s goods.
Human growth hormone is classified as a performance-enhancing drug in Australia and it cannot be imported without a special permit.
The maximum penalty is a £65,000 fine and five years in prison.
The case was adjourned until April 24, when Stallone’s legal team will be asked to enter a plea on his behalf.
During his visit, Stallone shrugged off the airport incident as a “minor misunderstanding”.
“They were just doing their jobs. I just didn’t understand some of the rules here,” he told reporters.
