Stallone will be sentenced on Monday next week after he pleaded guilty to bringing dozens of vials of the restricted drugs into Australia during a tour to promote his film, Rocky Balboa.
"I made a terrible mistake, not because I was attempting to deceive anyone but I was simply ignorant to your official rules," Stallone said in a letter to Sydney's Local Court, claiming the drugs had been perscribed to him for an unspecified medical condition."I feel terrible that my breach of the rules has set a poor example to members of the public, whose opinion I cherish dearly," he said.
Lawyers for the 60-year-old star of the "Rocky" and "Rambo" movie franchises entered the guilty pleas yesterday on behalf of the actor, who did not appear in court.
Stallone was charged with importing banned substances into Australia after a customs search of his luggage at the start of a three-day visit to Sydney in February revealed 48 vials of the human growth hormone product, Jintropin.(source : taipeitimes.com)