Al Jazeera reported that Manning in 2011 used human growth hormone, a claim that the NFL quarterback vehemently denied, as did the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts.
An investigation by Al Jazeera released Sunday reported that NFL star Peyton Manning in 2011 used human growth hormone, a performance enhancing drug.
Titled "The Dark Side," the hourlong documentary followed former British hurdler Liam Collins as he went undercover to speak with pharmacists, doctors, and others who said they had been involved with supplying performance enhancing drugs to athletes.
Al Jazeera's report was based on a secret recording of an interview with Charlie Sly, who in 2011 worked at an anti-aging clinic that treated Manning after he broke his neck.
Sly first told Al Jazeera that Manning and his wife, Ashley, would receive IV treatments after hours at the clinic. Sly also said shipments of human growth hormone were sent to Ashley Manning, which he believed were actually used by her husband.
Sly later said that he did not know he was being recorded and his statements were false.
"I am recanting any such statements and there is no truth to any statement of mine that Al Jazeera plans to air," he said.
In 2011, Manning was treated at the Guyer Institute of Molecular Medicine as he worked to recover severe neck injury and resulting surgeries.
In his recovery, Manning underwent a number of procedures — including reports of stem cell injections in Europe.
Manning told ESPN that he was treated at the clinic with the guidance of Colts' medical team. He said he received treatments in a hyperbaric chamber as well as receiving nutrients through IV — during business hours.
Any medication that may have been mailed to his wife was her private affair, he added.
"Nothing that's ever been sent to her or my wife has used have I ever taken," he told ESPN. "Absolutely not. I have my treatments that I do. She may have hers, and that's her business."
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