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MUGSHOTS OF DRUG PEDDELRS ACCUSING RUSH LIMBAUGH
OCTOBER 3 2003 - Louis Beshara and his wife, Gloria Rodriguez. The Florida couple are at the heart of the drug scandal now enveloping radio superstar Rush Limbaugh.
Thursday, Florida law enforcement sources confirmed that Limbaugh is being investigated in Palm Beach as part of a probe into the illegal sale of prescription painkillers.
Though the alleged drug dealers are the primary target, that does not preclude possible charges being filed against the buyers, the sources said.
A spokesman for the Palm Beach County state attorney's office would not speak about the investigation: ''This office can't confirm or deny any case we may have under review,'' spokesman Mike Edmonson said.
WPTV, a TV station in West Palm Beach, Fla., reported that Limbaugh has hired famed Miami defense attorney Roy Black. Black's high-profile clients have included sportscaster Marv Albert, who pleaded guilty in 1997 to misdemeanor assault in a sex scandal, and William Kennedy Smith, who was acquitted of raping a woman at the Kennedy family's compound in 1991.
Investigators allege that the duo illegally sold hundreds of thousands of prescription painkillers from a Palm Beach-area pharmacy they owned. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's search warrant affidavit, Beshara provided Hydrocodone, the powerful and addictive painkiller, to middlemen drug dealers like Joseph Coppola who then resold the pills to users. It has been reported that Limbaugh scored some of the Beshara pills via Wilma Cline, a former maid at the radio star's West Palm Beach mansion. Beshara and Rodriguez, who each face two felony drug trafficking charges, are free on bail, though Beshara is under house arrest.
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