AP: Limbaugh must wait to hear if deal violated

[Eugene]

June 27, 2006, 11:30PM
Limbaugh must wait to hear if deal violated
State attorney's office says having Viagra in doctor's name isn't illegal

By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. - Rush Limbaugh will likely have to wait several days
to find out if he violated his deal with prosecutors in a prescription-fraud
case when authorities found him with a bottle of Viagra that was apparently
prescribed to someone else, a spokesman for the state attorney's office said
Tuesday.

Limbaugh, 55, was detained Monday at Palm Beach International Airport after he
returned on his private plane from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs
officials found Viagra in his bag, but his name wasn't on the prescription, Palm
Beach County sheriff's spokesman Paul Miller said.

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It is generally not illegal under Florida law for a physician to prescribe
medication in a third party's name if all parties are aware and the doctor
documents it correctly, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for the state attorney
in Palm Beach County.

The alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor if Limbaugh's doctor
doesn't confirm the prescription.

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Full article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4007864.html

[wakeme2008]

1. There is also the matter of him telling his PO that

he was leaving the country.

[bryant69]

2. Has it been stated that he didn't?

That would be a more serious offense I would think.

Bryant
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[wakeme2008]

6. Right and Florida just made it a more crimminal offence to

bypass your PO on things like that over the killing of two little girls.... That change to the Florida law was made :rofl: by Repugs and could bite Rushie in the ass...

[BOSSHOG]

3. He is the poster boy for the culture of corruption

Total disregard for the law and what is right and wrong. And yet, flaunting how fucking wonderful and moral he is.

[catmandu57]

4. I wish they'de drop a piss test on him

It should've been done at the airport, a hair folicle would be better, but I'd love to hear of a P.O. showing up at three in the morning with a cup.

[lpbk2713]

5. The reason for the wait ......

Jeb and his legal brain trust are try to "strategerize" the best way to spin this.

[zbdent]

7. Gee, I wonder if that law Edmonson spoke of

was passed retro-actively, with the "Bush v Gore 2000 standard" addendum "This cannot be used in any future case . . ."