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Rush Limbaugh Arrested On Drug Charges
BY JARRETT MURPHY
UPDATED ON: JULY 16, 2007 / 2:28 PM / CBS/AP
Rush Limbaugh and prosecutors in the long-running prescription fraud case against him have reached a deal calling for the only charge against the conservative commentator to be dropped without a guilty plea if he continues treatment, his attorney said Friday.
Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant filed Friday charging him with fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Jail. He and his attorney Roy Black left about an hour later, after Limbaugh was photographed and fingerprinted and he posted $3,000 bail, Barbera said.
Prosecutors' three-year investigation of Limbaugh began after he publicly acknowledged being addicted to pain medication and entered a rehabilitation program. They accused Limbaugh of "doctor shopping," or illegally deceiving multiple doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions, after learning that he received
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rush-l...o5hwMZW3_4nwqv-dwMYSuEw1H3iE_ft-P-YsJ7-aCiY0Q
Rush Limbaugh Arrested On Drug Charges
BY JARRETT MURPHY
UPDATED ON: JULY 16, 2007 / 2:28 PM / CBS/AP
Rush Limbaugh and prosecutors in the long-running prescription fraud case against him have reached a deal calling for the only charge against the conservative commentator to be dropped without a guilty plea if he continues treatment, his attorney said Friday.
Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant filed Friday charging him with fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Jail. He and his attorney Roy Black left about an hour later, after Limbaugh was photographed and fingerprinted and he posted $3,000 bail, Barbera said.
Prosecutors' three-year investigation of Limbaugh began after he publicly acknowledged being addicted to pain medication and entered a rehabilitation program. They accused Limbaugh of "doctor shopping," or illegally deceiving multiple doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions, after learning that he received
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rush-l...o5hwMZW3_4nwqv-dwMYSuEw1H3iE_ft-P-YsJ7-aCiY0Q
