Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel could hear Allegations Stephen Dank gave illegal drugs to Essendon players as soon as Thursday. Photo by Michael Dodge Source: Michael Dodge / Getty Images
ALLEGATIONS former Essendon sports scientist Stephen Dank administered banned drugs to Essendon players could be heard by the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel as soon as today.
Dank was last month issued with an Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority show-cause notice that dealt with 34 separate possible anti-doping violations, but did not respond.
The Herald Sun understands the show-cause notice alleges substances including Thymosin Beta-4, Human Growth Hormones, SARMS and Hexarelin were used at Essendon.
Dank has denied giving the players any of the substances listed in the show-cause notice and has indicated an adverse finding from the panel would trigger immediate legal action on several fronts, most likely in the Federal Court.
Stephen Dank answers questions related to the Essendon Football Club doping scandal during a Sportman's Lunch. Photo by Michael Dodge Source: Getty Images
A circumstantial case about the possible use of Thymosin Beta-4 was made by the AFL when it charged Essendon and four officials with governance breaches related to the supplements saga last August.
It is not known whether the evidentiary brief the ADRVP will consider contains all 34 allegations in the show-cause notice.
Neither ASADA nor the Department of Health, which administers the panel, would confirm today's expected meeting.
A health department spokeswoman said: "The deliberations and timing of ADRVP meetings are confidential and outcomes are not publicly disclosed.
"The ADRVP reviews the relevant evidence in a matter and makes decisions as to whether to enter an athlete or support person's details onto the Register of Findings if it finds that it is possible that a person has committed an anti-doping rule violation."
The Dank show-cause also makes allegations in relation to supplying banned substances to Essendon staff, supplying substances and engaging in a cover up of possible anti-doping offences.
He has denied all wrongdoing.
A sustained charge of supplying banned substances could result in a lifetime AFL ban for Dank, a penalty that would be enforced by other sports that comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency code.
No Essendon player has been issued with a show-cause letter, the first step of the process that could lead to the AFL issuing an infraction notice.
A paper by AFL chief medical officer Peter Harcourt and integrity boss Brett Clothier published by a British journal last month said the AFL's investigation was unable to determine what substances were given to which players and in what doses.
Retired Federal Court judge Garry Downes is considering evidence collected in the joint AFL-ASADA investigation and it is expected he will complete his review and decide what if any action is to be taken by the end of this month.
The ADRVP is a seven-member panel separate to ASADA and is chaired by the University of Sydney's Professor Andrew McLachlan.
An entry against Dank is the trigger for the AFL to commence its own anti-doping process against the sports scientist, unless court action alters the direction of the case.
Dank's first avenue of redress would be the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, where he has 28 days to appeal a decision to make an entry on the register.
But he has indicated the AAT would likely be sidestepped in favour of an appeal directly to the Federal Court, where the authority of ASADA and the ADRVP could be tested.
The breadth of the investigation and number of alleged anti-doping breaches means the panel may take some time to reach a decision on Dank, and the scale and scope of the overall case means any final resolution for Essendon and its players is still many months away.
THE DRUGS DOSSIER
THYMOSIN BETA-4
Primarily used on horses, it is for the repair and regeneration of damaged tissue.
HEXARELIN
A peptide that helps to facilitate the release of the body's growth hormone.
SARMS
Selective androgen receptor modulators are intended to have similar effects to drugs such as anabolic steroids.
HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE
Peptides that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and regeneration.
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