Source: NYDailyNews.com
An actor who played a steroid dealer in “The Wrestler” was arrested on steroid charges Wednesday night after rumbling with agents on a drug task force, officials said.
Drug Enforcement Administration officials had Scott Siegel, 34, under surveillance in New Rochelle, Westchester County, when they spotted him picking up a package. Agents in four cars then tried to box in Siegel’s vehicle, but he rammed three of the vehicles before jumping out of his car and fleeing. He was grabbed after a brief chase.
Siegel faces assault on a federal officer and steroid distribution charges.
He was arrested in 1999 for distributing steroids, Ecstasy and ketamine and was sentenced to three years in prison. He was released in 2003.
In the Academy Award-nominated movie, Siegel plays a gregarious dealer who sells steroids to Mickey Rourke’s Randy (The Ram) Robinson in a wrestling venue locker room.
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