Just when you thought you’d never hear about StarCaps again, its back. Former New Orleans Saint Guard Jamar Nesbit is suing the NFL for their non-disclosure of banned substance bumetanide in the StarCaps weight loss supplement. Nesbit took the supplement, which did not have bumetanide listed as an ingredient, and was subsequently suspended by the NFL for banned substance usage in 2008. Deciding not to appeal, Nesbit served a four-game suspension and lost his starting job upon returning to the team.
He was released by the Saints in this past March.
Nesbit’s argument is similar to the argument used by Pat and Kevin Williams in their case against the NFL; the NFL knew StarCaps contained bumetanide but was lax in giving notice to the NFLPA, the players themselves, or the Food and Drug Administration. The Williamses appealed their suspensions, and even though the players’ claims were dismissed, Hennipin County Judge Gary Larson granted an injunction, preventing the ...
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