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ESPN president brought down by cocaine extortion plot
John Skipper was forced to resign at ESPN after he was extorted by a person he bought cocaine from, the ex-network president revealed in a bombshell interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

Skipper’s departure from ESPN in December sent shockwaves through the industry, and the abrupt nature of it is now clear.

“They threatened me, and I understood immediately that threat put me and my family at risk, and this exposure would put my professional life at risk as well,” Skipper told the magazine. “I foreclosed that possibility by disclosing the details to my family, and then when I discussed it with Bob [Iger], he and I agreed that I had placed the company in an untenable position and as a result, I should resign.”

Skipper said he had always been cautious about his drug use, but “not this time. It turned out I wasn’t careful this time.”

Skipper said he had never done cocaine at work at ESPN and only had used infrequently over the past 20 years, with it never affecting his work performance
been using drugs for 20 years but it hasn't effected his work performance huh?

I will point to the total shit ESPN spews out on the airwaves as their "prime programming" as evidence to the contrary ... you'd have to be very heavy into drugs to think the likes of Stephen A Smith, Skip Bayless and others are in any way enlightening or knowledgeable ... and when those 2 were teamed together, it was possibly the worst sports show I have ever seen
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Bullshit. He was a coke fiend who got wrapped up in some cokehead bullshit and paid the piper.
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UOK wrote:Bullshit. He was a coke fiend who got wrapped up in some cokehead bullshit and paid the piper.

yeah ... I don't buy his story either
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I mean it's not uncommon for people to do blow on weekends or parties but no other time.
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Boris13c wrote:ESPN president brought down by cocaine extortion plot
John Skipper was forced to resign at ESPN after he was extorted by a person he bought cocaine from, the ex-network president revealed in a bombshell interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

Skipper’s departure from ESPN in December sent shockwaves through the industry, and the abrupt nature of it is now clear.

“They threatened me, and I understood immediately that threat put me and my family at risk, and this exposure would put my professional life at risk as well,” Skipper told the magazine. “I foreclosed that possibility by disclosing the details to my family, and then when I discussed it with Bob [Iger], he and I agreed that I had placed the company in an untenable position and as a result, I should resign.”

Skipper said he had always been cautious about his drug use, but “not this time. It turned out I wasn’t careful this time.”

Skipper said he had never done cocaine at work at ESPN and only had used infrequently over the past 20 years, with it never affecting his work performance
been using drugs for 20 years but it hasn't effected his work performance huh?

I will point to the total shit ESPN spews out on the airwaves as their "prime programming" as evidence to the contrary ... you'd have to be very heavy into drugs to think the likes of Stephen A Smith, Skip Bayless and others are in any way enlightening or knowledgeable ... and when those 2 were teamed together, it was possibly the worst sports show I have ever seen

Yeah. Stephen A. Smith was probably his dealer, and the one doing the extorting. I don't know how that guy has a job. He has got to be one of the worst analysts on TV today. The guy just loves to hear himself talk.
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espn is pure shit for programming only use their website
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