Russ doing lines of cocaine in bar in LA
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Ginger1218

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The New York Post reported that Russell was seen in a place called the Sky Bar. The article said that he came in with 5 other contestants from the show, and that he was clearly seen doing several lines of cocaine. The article said that he then picked up a busty brunette. I knew he was a low-life.

Tabbyking

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
did they mention if the other 5 joined in?!

Mlt

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 05:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And who were the other five?

Seamonkey

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 05:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And did he share his coke?

Tabbyking

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
cuz inquiring minds wanna know

Tabbyking

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
wow! you mean when he told the other bachelors he'd 'drop them a line', he really meant it?! lol

Moderator

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 07:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When you are quoting an article like this, you must give a link so that the story can be verified. If a link is not provided, we will have to close this discussion. Thanks. (K)

Seamonkey

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm

Bachelors lining up


ABC should give candidates in its next installment of "The Bachelorette" a drug test. On Friday, recently booted Greg Todtman was busted at JFK for cocaine possession. The same night, another potential hubby for bachelorette Trista Rehn was spotted in Los Angeles sniffing lines. Russell, the writer from California, showed up at a party at Sky Bar with five other contestants in tow. Russ did "several lines of coke and downed a lot of drinks," according to our spy. "We couldn't believe it. My friends and I just watched as he did the coke out in the open in front of everyone." To make matters worse, Russ was "blatantly using his newfound celebrity to pick up chicks - yuck!" But the ruse worked, and the stud ended up grabbing a busty brunette and canoodling with her outside the bar. A representative for ABC said, "Russell said he was at the Sky Bar, but insists he didn't do any drugs."

Shortnsweet

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 11:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Boy, I thought Trista said that they did drug test the participants! I think I have episode 1 on tape, I'll check it tomorrow to see what she said about liking the idea of getting to pick for 25 guys who have been checked out by ABC.

Seamonkey

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 11:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I read that somewhere else, too.. that they were drug tested. I'd assume that they were tested for any STDs or communicable diseases as well.

Cupcake

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the story link Seamonkey. I remember Trista saying the contestants were given drug screens. It's possible that someone could know he is going to be on the show and abstain from drugs so he gives a clean sample.

Ginger1218

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 10:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Seamoney, I still have not figured how to attach a link.

Ryn

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger - just copy the link from your browser window before you come here to post it.

Laura11103

Monday, February 10, 2003 - 11:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cocaine is out of your system within days, so it's entirely possible that he just refrained at the time of the test, once he got the boot I'm sure he didn't care anymore.

Serate

Friday, February 14, 2003 - 06:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can't they do tests off of a few strands of hair and tell what drugs you've done in the past couple months? My fiance had to do a drug test for employment and they cut his hair and told him it would show any drug use of the listed drugs in the past 2 months, and cocaine was one of the drugs on the list.

Pamy

Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 01:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From Conan Obrien..."One of the men dismissed from the Bachelorette was arrested for trying to smuggle drugs on an airplane. As a result he'll be playing the bachelorette for the next 3 to 5 years!"