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BALCO founder claims to have supplied steroids to Jones

SAN FRANCISCO: A nutritionist charged with distributing illegal drugs to professional athletes told federal agents that he gave steroids to U.S. track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery in exchange for endorsements, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

The story on the newspaper's website, quoting sources who requested anonymity, said the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative founder Victor Conte told the federal investigators that Jones and Montgomery had received the performance-enhancing substances in exchange for endorsements of his nutritional supplement.

Jones' attorney, Joseph Burton, has issued a statement saying the story was wrong.

"Victor Conte is either lying or the statement was involuntarily coerced. This is a character assassination of the worst kind," Burton said.

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