The doctor who authorities say prescribed drugs for the late Chris Benoit pleaded guilty in federal court in Newnan this morning to prescribing drugs in some cases without even seeing the patients.Dr. Phil Astin, who was linked to prescribing drugs for at least 19 patients for Thursday's hearing, pled guilty to all 175 counts he was facing.
"The point of going to a doctor is to help a patient and when the doctor doesn't provide a legitimate medical exam and prescribes controlled substances that are very addictive, obviously there's a great danger and I think that's reflected in the fact that one woman overdosed and died as a result of it," remarked Assistant U.S. Attorney John Horn.
Astin, who will be sentenced in May, was a doctor for Benoit, who was a former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) champion. In June of 2007, authorities claim that Benoit, who eventually settled in Atlanta after growing up in Canada, strangled his wife, Nancy, and son, then hanged himself in their home.
Authorities claim Astin, who could get up to 20 years in prison, prescribed Benoit anabolic steroids, although a medical examiner was unable to say whether steroids played a role in the deaths.
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