Before and after: the transformation of a famous bodybuilder by drugs

Gladiators It was a very famous British TV show that aired between 1992 and 2000.

Ordinary people competed in a series of challenges against a group of physical bodybuilders O Professional sportsmen, known as “gladiators”, who, in general, were two men and two women per chapter.

Among the troop of gladiators was Jefferson King, better known as Shadow (Shadow, in Spanish), a llondon uchador Jamaican parents who, since childhood, were interested in the world of sport.

In fact, his skills led him to enter the competition and earned him the title of captain of his team.

Unfortunately, although he was one of the stars of Gladiators, lost his job due to scandals related to the use of steroids and abuse of drugs, In 1994.

King admitted he took anabolic steroids to keep his body in shape, but denied the claims he made cocaine.

“What I have closest to my heart is the admiration of millions of children who are watching the program … I am so sorry that I let you down and my colleagues from Gladiators“, Did his words, at that time, for the newspaper The independent.

King, before the scandal, had had drug problems because at 17 he was addicted to crack.

This situation was rekindled after his departure from the program, among other things, because his wife left him after finding out he was unfaithful.

Although he tried to get ahead and continue with his sporty side, he gradually immersed himself in the dark world of the hallucinogens, because he spent his days consuming cocaine Yes heroin.

Viewers forgot him, he no longer kept the title of the great Gladiator for which he was recognized. He spent eight years of his life in and out of jail for crimes related to theft and drugs.

“The drugs have completely controlled me”, provided in 2015 in an interview cited in The mirror.

During his years in prison, he realized he had to change his life. Once he regained his freedom, in 2009, he enrolled in a courses to overcome your addiction.

Although he has been drug free for several years, he is currently available to authorities for possession of heroin Yes blackmail, according to the newspaper The sun.

This week, King appeared in London court for detaining 40-year-old man and claiming £ 1,000 from relatives ($ 1300) for the rescue.

According to the English prosecution, the victim, identified as Aaron Ali | she was beaten, gagged and abducted for six hours in an apartment in Acton, London. The former athlete and others involved contacted Ali’s mother and brother to demand payment of the ransom.

Since the events, which occurred in March 2020, King is at the disposal of the authorities awaiting the decision on the case. Meanwhile, police shared a photo of the man who, 59, seems unrecognizable.

From the big Gladiator, admired by viewers of this acclaimed athlete with strong and wide muscles, only the memory.

The formidable arena fighter now sports a haggard faceHe has a lost gaze and his face shows the passage of the years, but above all the consequences of drug addiction.

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