Doctor in New York pleads guilty to prescribing WWE performers steroids and more.

The New York Daily News reported today that one-time medical correspondent for Fox News Dr. Claire Godfrey plead guilty yesterday in Albany County District court to 10 counts of criminal diversion of prescription medicines.

New York State Department of Health investigator Mark Haskins told the Daily News that Godfrey wrote illegal prescriptions worth more than $1.3 million for steroids and other similar drugs to patients, including "two current WWE professional wrestlers", without ever examining them.

Godfrey's plea deal will keep her from going to prison, although she could still lose her medical license. Godfrey told Judge Stephen Herrick that if needed, she would testify against indicted executives from the Orlando, Florida-based Signature Compounding Pharmacy, who face a variety of charges stemming from being the center of an alleged steroid distribution ring.

According to the article, Signature would charge "clients" $10,000 for access to Godfrey to write prescriptions for patients she never met or examined. Godfrey would be paid $50 per prescription and according to the report, earned close to $200,000 over a several month period.

The News did not name the WWE performers who received the prescriptions, but did note that neither wrestler was the late Chris Benoit.

When asked for a comment, WWE's Gary Davis stated, "We applaud the efforts of government officials to shut down the illegal use of steroids and those doctors who illegally prescribe them."

PWInsider.com