Josh Barnett has sued the supplement maker that he took which led to a finding of a banned substance by USADA. Barnett prevailed at arbitration with USADA which did not suspend the UFC Heavyweight any amount of time.
Barnett has sued BIOKOR, LLC, which does business as GENKOR, N101, Inc. and owners Mark Wilcox and Alex Lasbroas individually in the Superior Court of Los Angeles.
Despite proving that he did not knowingly take a banned substance, it took over a year for the process of investigation to take place. The arbitration took place in early March. Barnett was suspended for a December 9, 2016 infraction which was determined to be ostarine.
Fortunately for Barnett, he kept a detailed accounting of supplements which led to the finding that a supplement by the name of Tributestin purchased at a store in Los Angeles contained ostarine although it was not labeled on the product.
Barnett has sued for Negligence, Strict Products Liability, Breach of Implied Warranty and Breach of Express Warranty.
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Lyman Good, Yoel Romero and now Josh Barnett have sued supplement makers after they were flagged by USADA for findings of banned substances. The claim is that the supplements were tainted and did not contained the banned substance on their label. These lawsuits will be interesting to keep track of as this may be defense for a fighter flagged by USADA.
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