Steve Austin's ex-wife claims steroid use and abuse common in pro wrestling

We suppose this is in the 'obvious' category, as the ex-wife of Steve Austin came out late yesterday with her own story of abuse at the hands of the famous WWF wrestler.  Debra Williams who divorced former Chicago Bear Steve McMichaels to enter into marital bliss with Steve Austin says juice and pro wrestling cause domestic violence (My Fox Colorado):

"He did them, I saw him do them!" said Debra Williams, ex-wife of the World Wrestling Entertainment star Stone Cold Steve Austin. Ms. Williams says, "The domestic and drug abuse is out of hand in the WWE and something needs to be done about it."

Will the Benoit homisuicides lead to more juice and tell and beat stories from the world of pro wrestling?  Guys like Austin compile a long history of assaulting women.  Must be something in Austin 3:16 about that.

"In the last ten years, 60 wrestlers under age 45 have died... all in the prime of their lives. Big strong men, who somehow die with little or no investigation of the organization that encourages performers to use muscle enhancing drugs," said Williams.

Steroids have been linked to the deaths of several professional wrestlers in recent years. Eddie Guerrero, one of Benoit's best friends, died in 2005 from heart failure linked to long-term steroid use. The father of Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig blamed steroids and painkillers for Hennig's drug overdose death in 2003. Davey Boy Smith, the "British Bulldog," died in 2002 from heart failure that a coroner said was probably caused by steroids...

Ms. Williams claims she and Nancy Benoit's stories are very similar. Both sought help from law enforcement because of domestic abuse. In 2003, Benoit sought a divorce from Chris Benoit saying he physically abused her, she also asked the courts for a restraining order.

Williams did the same thing on the third occasion when she says she was attacked by ‘Stone Cold.’ Williams says, like Benoit, Austin all but forced her to write a letter to authorities saying her complaint was a mistake. But in Williams’ case, the courts put Austin on probation for a year. In return, Ms. Williams was placed under a gag order, forcing her to remain silent about the "dark side" of professional wrestling, filled with drugs, booze and domestic abuse.

"If only I had spoken up sooner, maybe Nancy and her little boy would be alive today... that's why I'm going public now, something has to change!"

Comments

[steve]

and? of course they take roids duhhh, in every gym i've been in u get a few guys on them so dont u think celebrities and people in top level sport would defnitly be taking them, muscles dont grow from hard work and eating right if they did there would be millions of muscle bound freaks walking around

[ADam]

Just to the guy who says muscles dont grow with diet and hardwork, your fucking retarded dude, look at the ufc, proffesional boxing, and i myself have gone from 6 foot 2 165, to 6 foot 2 200 pounds in about 2 years just from diet, BIG HUGE muscles dont grow unless u use steroids, i agree with u, but even then, u dont take steroids and sit on the couch, u still have to work your ass off in the gym