John Skipper Says Cocaine Extortion Attempt Led To ESPN Departure

Skipper, who abruptly resigned as ESPN's president in December, told the magazine that the substance addiction the company cited as the reason for his departure was related to cocaine use. He said his use of the drug was "quite infrequent" and "did not get in the way of my work."

That changed, however, in December, when he bought cocaine from a source for the first time and that person or people attempted to extort him, Skipper said.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...tortion-threat-cocaine-resignation/427452002/

He sounds like a drug addict. Wow.

Bucky said:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...tortion-threat-cocaine-resignation/427452002/

He sounds like a drug addict. Wow.

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Who knows with drug users what's correct, and what's denial, but I read the Hollywood Reporter story in a waiting room this morning and he swears he wasn't an addict and that his firing/resignation was entirely due to the extortion attempt.

He certainly had enough integrity to go to his family and employer rather than try to pay off the extortion attempt, so that's a mark in his favor.

I tried it once in college and it scared the heck out of me - it was just too good, functioned better on it when tired, and could easily see getting addicted so never have gotten near it again. If some pharma company could design the drug and slap a patent on it, no doubt it would be a $billion prescription drug.