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Lamest Excuse Ever Helps Tennis Player Beat Drug Rap

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:17 EDT

French tennis player Richard Gasquet told officials that the reason he tested positive for cocaine last March was because he kissed a woman who had cocaine on her lips....and that worked! Suspension over! It's strip club time! [BBC]

"Prescribed Medicines" Getting Some Bad Press This Week

Sarah Schorno — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Two more sports have been hit by positive drug tests. Shockingly, one of them isn't cycling.

French tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for banned substances as announced by the FFT. An insider says the substance was cocaine but Gasquet insists he was just hopped up on brie.

Sprint Cup Series driver Jeremy Mayfield became the first driver suspended under NASCAR's new drug testing policy. He is suspended indefinitely after testing positive for a banned substance last week. He is, of course, using the ol' "prescribed medicine" defense.

I think it's time for a new go-to excuse, wouldn't you say?

Richard Gasquet Is Eager To Correct Your Misconceptions

Leitch — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:30:33 EST

You might remember tennis player Richard Gasquet's loud proclamations that he does not like doing it with dudes. Fair enough. But it now appears Mr. Gasquet is in serious danger of protesting too much.

In an interview last month, Gasquet was asked some questions that had absolutely nothing to do with him being gay. Not that it didn't inspired him to defend himself anyway.

Q. Now your matches are finished. Do you still have any plan to go around the city maybe with your uncle or your girlfriend?
RICHARD GASQUET: My uncle? No. My girlfriend, no. I have no girlfriend, so I will try to find one, one Chinese girl. Why not? Why not? I lost 6-1, 6-1. It will be very hard for me tonight. I'm ready to lose, you know.

Q. Who is the girl watching your match with your uncle?
RICHARD GASQUET: Not my girl. I don't know. Not my girl, for sure. No, no, no, I have just friends. Men friends, but I'm not gay.

So, you know, if you're up for a Richard Gasquet denial of gaydom, just walk up to him on the street and say hi. He'll be happy to oblige.

Richard Gasquet, Still Not Gay [OutSports]
Richard Gasquet Is Your Not-Gay Semifinalist [Deadspin]

Richard Gasquet Is Your Not-Gay Semifinalist

Leitch — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:00:13 EDT

Roger Federer, staving off a surprising surge from longtime rival Rafael Nadal, won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon yesterday. (His first Wimbledon win was over that idiot on that dumb NBC reality show, by the way.) But the real winner wasn't Federer, but semifinalist Richard Gasquet, who finally batted down those pesky gay rumors.

In response to a French magazine implying Gasquet was having an affair with an older man, Gasquet popped off.

"I was absolutely not happy about that. This question has come back hundreds of times, and every time someone turns up saying, 'Oh, I have evidence.' It is just bullshit. Neither him nor me are homosexuals. It's absolutely obvious."

We are not sure that "obvious" is the word we'd use there, but we support Gasquet's campaign toward heterosexuality. We urge Gasquet to get together with Mike Piazza and Sebastien Gacond and form a coalition for the unfairly gay-maligned, in which they can share their collective stories of woe, work to help future athletes, and give each other hand jobs.

Gasquet: I Am Not Gay [OutSports]