USA v. Navarro

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:20-cr-00160

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Mary Kay Vyskocil

Firms

  1. February 07, 2024

    Trainer Who Doped Horses Avoids Prison In Cooperation Deal

    A New York trainer who admitted drugging horses so that the outcomes of their races could be fixed avoided prison Wednesday after a Manhattan federal judge credited his extensive cooperation with prosecutors to include testifying at two trials.

  2. July 27, 2023

    Racehorse Trainer Gets 4 Years In Doping Case

    A notable racehorse trainer who pled guilty to administering a banned substance to his horses, including the famed Maximum Security, was sentenced Wednesday in New York federal court to four years in prison as part of a crackdown on doping in the industry.

  3. January 25, 2023

    Horse Trainer Gets 5 Years In Doping Scheme

    A horse trainer who admitted to assisting a sweeping scheme to give racehorses performance enhancing drugs to gain an edge at the track was sentenced to more than five years in prison.

  4. December 12, 2022

    Fla. Animal Doctor Gets 10 Months For Doping Racehorses

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a Florida veterinarian to 10 months in prison Monday for injecting horses with adulterated and misbranded drugs while working with trainer Jorge Navarro, a prolific racehorse doper.

  5. September 08, 2022

    Woman Gets 3.5 Years For 'Peddling Drugs' That Hurt Horses

    A former Delaware racetrack worker was sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Manhattan federal judge Thursday for selling millions of dollars' worth of illegal performance-enhancing drugs that endangered horses and jockeys over 18 years. 

  6. September 02, 2022

    Gov't Wants Max Sentence For Convicted Horse PED Seller

    The government has asked a New York federal judge to hand down the maximum sentence of 60 months in prison to Lisa Giannelli, who was convicted of administering performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses.

  7. August 26, 2022

    Convicted Seller Of Racehorse PEDs Asks For No Prison

    A former veterinarian's assistant convicted for her role in a widespread doping scheme that rocked the sport of horse racing asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence her to probation, saying that unlike her co-conspirators she did not know what she was doing was wrong.

  8. July 11, 2022

    Veterinarian Gets 11 Years In Horse Doping Crackdown

    A former veterinarian was sentenced to 11 years in prison Monday after a Manhattan federal jury found him guilty of a nearly two-decade scheme to sell millions of dollars worth of homemade performance-enhancing drugs to elite racehorse trainers, including now-disgraced industry star Jorge Navarro.

  9. May 09, 2022

    Seller Of Racehorse PEDs In 2020 Doping Scandal Convicted

    A woman who federal prosecutors said distributed undetectable performance-enhancing drugs for professional racehorses has been convicted for her alleged role in a widespread and long-running doping scheme that rocked the sport two years ago.

  10. February 24, 2022

    Racehorse Trainer Snared In Doping Scandal Gets 3 Years

    A former Pennsylvania-based racehorse trainer was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to New York federal court charges over his role in once-renowned trainer Jorge Navarro's widespread doping scheme.