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Mutt · 10-02-2003, 03:51 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com

Rush Limbaugh
in pill probe

Talk radio star had drug habit, maid sez

By TRACY CONNOR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Rush Limbaugh

National Enquirer

Talk-radio titan Rush Limbaugh is being investigated for allegedly buying thousands of addictive painkillers from a black-market drug ring.
The moralizing motormouth was turned in by his former housekeeper - who says she was Limbaugh's pill supplier for four years.

Wilma Cline, 42, says Limbaugh was hooked on the potent prescription drugs OxyContin, Lorcet and hydrocodone - and went through detox twice.

"There were times when I worried," Cline told the National Enquirer, which broke the story in an edition being published today. "All these pills are enough to kill an elephant - never mind a man."

Cline could not be reached for further comment yesterday, but her lawyer, Ed Shohat of Miami, said his client "stands behind the story."

The Daily News independently confirmed that Limbaugh is under investigation.

His lawyers, Jerry Fox and Dan Zachary, refused to comment on the accusations and said any "medical information" about him was private and not newsworthy.

They said Limbaugh - who has a top-rated syndicated radio show but resigned early today from a weekly ESPN football segment amid criticism of racial comments about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb - was traveling and had no comment.

The Palm Beach County state attorney's office, which is running the probe, said it could not confirm or deny the allegations.

Scoring in parking lot

Cline told the Enquirer she went to prosecutors with information about Limbaugh and others after four years of drug deals that included clandestine handoffs in a Denny's parking lot.

She said she wore a wire during her last two deliveries to the conservative commentator and gave the tapes to authorities.

She also gave the Enquirer a ledger documenting how many pills she claimed to have bought for him - 4,350 in one 47-day period - and E-mails she claimed Limbaugh sent her.

In one missive, Limbaugh pushed Cline to get more "little blues" - code for OxyContin, the powerful narcotic nicknamed hillbilly heroin, she said.

"You know how this stuff works ... the more you get used to, the more it takes," the May 2002 E-mail reads. "But I will try and cut down to help out."

The account Cline gave the Enquirer is that she became Limbaugh's drug connection in 1998, nine months after taking a housekeeping job at his Palm Beach mansion.

It started after her husband, David, hurt himself in a fall, and Limbaugh asked how he was.

"He asked me casually, 'Is he getting any pain medication?' I said, 'Yes - he's had surgery, and the doctor gave him hydro-codone 750,'" Cline said. "To my astonishment, he said, 'Can you spare a couple of them?'"

Husband's pills

Cline said she gave Limbaugh 10 pills the next day and agreed to give him 30 of her husband's pills each month. When the doctor stopped renewing the prescription in early 1999, Limbaugh allegedly went ballistic.

"His tone was nasty and bullying. He said, 'I don't care how or what you do, but you'd better - better! - get me some more,'" Cline said.

The housekeeper said she found a new supplier and arranged to hide Limbaugh's stashes under his mattress so his wife, Marta, wouldn't find them.

After several months, Limbaugh told her he was going to New York for detox and didn't need any more pills, Cline said.

But a month later, he said his left ear was hurting and asked her for hydrocodone, followed by an order for OxyContin.

Limbaugh, 52, suffered from autoimmune ear disease, a condition that left him deaf and had to be corrected with cochlear implant surgery two years ago.

Cline said she continued to make deliveries to Limbaugh even after she quit as his housekeeper in July 2001 - but he became increasingly paranoid, even patting her down for recording devices, she said.

In June 2002, Limbaugh told her he was going to New York for detox a second time.

After he returned, "I went to talk to him, and he cried a little bit," she said. "He told me that if it ever got out, he would be ruined."

She claimed that a lawyer for Limbaugh gave her a payoff - $80,000 he owed her, plus another $120,000 - and asked her to destroy the computer that contained the E-mail records.

Soon after, Cline and her husband retained Shohat and contacted prosecutors.

Feeling no pain

The drugs Rush Limbaugh is accused of abusing are legal only with a doctor's prescription. All are habit-forming.

- Hydrocodone

Anti-cough agent and painkiller similar to morphine. Side effects include anxiety, poor mental performance, emotional dependence, drowsiness, mood changes, difficulty breathing and itchiness.

- Lorcet

Brand name for the combination of Tylenol and hydrocodone, prescribed for moderate to severe pain. Side effects include dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, dizziness, tiredness, muscle twitches, sweating and itching.

- OxyContin

Potent time-release medication for relief of moderate to severe pain, known as hillbilly heroin because of black-market popularity in some rural areas. Side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, sweating, muscle twitches and decreased sex drive. A large dose can be fatal.

TurboTrucker · 10-02-2003, 03:59 AM

Rush Limbaugh is a junkie

My sister got hooked on pills - now she's hooked on heroin.

<IMX> · 10-02-2003, 04:12 AM

interesting...I wonder what his comments will be.

Mutt · 10-02-2003, 04:26 AM

he's holding a press conference today. he should just disappear, setting himself up for years to be some paragon of virtue and conservative family values, he has been exposed. Oh he'll no doubt cry crocodile tears and say he started doing the drugs to deal with his physical ailments and that he is only mortal and he became physically addicted to the narcotics.............. he's no different than the black crack addicts he would like to see all put in jail.

I have sympathy for celebs who get hooked on drugs but not on a pompous mean spirited moralizer like Limbaugh.

Stick a fork in that pig, he's done.

The Truth Hurts · 10-02-2003, 04:34 AM

Quote:

National Enquirer

Just curious, is this the official paper for the Dumbasscrats nowadays?

uranidiot · 10-02-2003, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mutt
he's holding a press conference today. he should just disappear, setting himself up for years to be some paragon of virtue and conservative family values, he has been exposed. Oh he'll no doubt cry crocodile tears and say he started doing the drugs to deal with his physical ailments and that he is only mortal and he became physically addicted to the narcotics.............. he's no different than the black crack addicts he would like to see all put in jail.

I have sympathy for celebs who get hooked on drugs but not on a pompous mean spirited moralizer like Limbaugh.

Stick a fork in that pig, he's done.

Doesn't it always turn out that the "moral right wing" are just as bad as the left. They just try to pretend they're better.

The left are more open about it, which is obviously the more honest approach.

uranidiot · 10-02-2003, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Truth Hurts

Just curious, is this the official paper for the Dumbasscrats nowadays?

That's a clever play on words.

uno · 10-02-2003, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Truth Hurts

Just curious, is this the official paper for the Dumbasscrats nowadays?

It's been confirmed elsewhere. Have a nice day.

Mutt · 10-02-2003, 04:50 AM

The National Enquirer has no political agenda, get real, all the Enquirer is interested in is selling newspapers and nothing sells better than a celebrity scandal and this one is better than average because of the hypocrisy.

The Truth Hurts · 10-02-2003, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by uno
It's been confirmed elsewhere. Have a nice day.

Where, and it must have more credibility than the national enquirer please.

Not that I care, I got sick of him years ago..
this whole thing just seems to be too well timed.

uno · 10-02-2003, 04:51 AM

The Daily News independently confirmed that Limbaugh is under investigation.

The Truth Hurts · 10-02-2003, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by uno
The Daily News independently confirmed that Limbaugh is under investigation.

another tabloid?
LOL.

uno · 10-02-2003, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Truth Hurts

another tabloid?
LOL.

Is it a tabloid?

The Truth Hurts · 10-02-2003, 05:05 AM

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Originally posted by uno
Is it a tabloid?

assuming you meant the New York Daily News, Yes.

nicchick · 10-02-2003, 05:10 AM

He's just another Conservative Republican hypocrite. They want to tell everyone else how to live their lives but think that somehow they are too important to follow their own rules.
Bob Livingstone, Newt Gingrich, Dan Burton etc. etc. all condemned Clintons behavior and then it came out that they all had girlfriends. Bill Bennett made a fortune lecturing people on morality- and blew it all on gambling. This is just the latest example of how these phony bastards operate.
And anyone who claims to be a conservative who is in this business is either a total political moron or just as phony as those other guys. A REAL conservative wouldn't touch this business with a ten foot pole.

The Truth Hurts · 10-02-2003, 05:13 AM

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Originally posted by nicchick
He's just another Conservative Republican hypocrite.

hypocrites are all around..
just look at what democrats are currently saying about WMD versus what they were saying from GW1 up to and including the beginning of GW2

uno · 10-02-2003, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Truth Hurts

hypocrites are all around..
just look at what democrats are currently saying about WMD versus what they were saying from GW1 up to and including the beginning of GW2

They are politicians, of course their opinion changes with the wind direction.

uranidiot · 10-02-2003, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by uno
They are politicians, of course their opinion changes with the wind direction.

I think what really worries people is the long term ambitions of the Bush admin, especially if they get a second term.

What do they want for America:

No Social Security?

More foreign bases?

Even more military investment?

No porn?

More spying on the population?

I believe that's what worries people more than anything else - what does Bush want to turn America into?

10-02-2003, 03:51 AM	#1
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Junkie! http://www.nydailynews.com Rush Limbaugh in pill probe Talk radio star had drug habit, maid sez By TRACY CONNOR DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Rush Limbaugh National Enquirer Talk-radio titan Rush Limbaugh is being investigated for allegedly buying thousands of addictive painkillers from a black-market drug ring. The moralizing motormouth was turned in by his former housekeeper - who says she was Limbaugh's pill supplier for four years. Wilma Cline, 42, says Limbaugh was hooked on the potent prescription drugs OxyContin, Lorcet and hydrocodone - and went through detox twice. "There were times when I worried," Cline told the National Enquirer, which broke the story in an edition being published today. "All these pills are enough to kill an elephant - never mind a man." Cline could not be reached for further comment yesterday, but her lawyer, Ed Shohat of Miami, said his client "stands behind the story." The Daily News independently confirmed that Limbaugh is under investigation. His lawyers, Jerry Fox and Dan Zachary, refused to comment on the accusations and said any "medical information" about him was private and not newsworthy. They said Limbaugh - who has a top-rated syndicated radio show but resigned early today from a weekly ESPN football segment amid criticism of racial comments about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb - was traveling and had no comment. The Palm Beach County state attorney's office, which is running the probe, said it could not confirm or deny the allegations. Scoring in parking lot Cline told the Enquirer she went to prosecutors with information about Limbaugh and others after four years of drug deals that included clandestine handoffs in a Denny's parking lot. She said she wore a wire during her last two deliveries to the conservative commentator and gave the tapes to authorities. She also gave the Enquirer a ledger documenting how many pills she claimed to have bought for him - 4,350 in one 47-day period - and E-mails she claimed Limbaugh sent her. In one missive, Limbaugh pushed Cline to get more "little blues" - code for OxyContin, the powerful narcotic nicknamed hillbilly heroin, she said. "You know how this stuff works ... the more you get used to, the more it takes," the May 2002 E-mail reads. "But I will try and cut down to help out." The account Cline gave the Enquirer is that she became Limbaugh's drug connection in 1998, nine months after taking a housekeeping job at his Palm Beach mansion. It started after her husband, David, hurt himself in a fall, and Limbaugh asked how he was. "He asked me casually, 'Is he getting any pain medication?' I said, 'Yes - he's had surgery, and the doctor gave him hydro-codone 750,'" Cline said. "To my astonishment, he said, 'Can you spare a couple of them?'" Husband's pills Cline said she gave Limbaugh 10 pills the next day and agreed to give him 30 of her husband's pills each month. When the doctor stopped renewing the prescription in early 1999, Limbaugh allegedly went ballistic. "His tone was nasty and bullying. He said, 'I don't care how or what you do, but you'd better - better! - get me some more,'" Cline said. The housekeeper said she found a new supplier and arranged to hide Limbaugh's stashes under his mattress so his wife, Marta, wouldn't find them. After several months, Limbaugh told her he was going to New York for detox and didn't need any more pills, Cline said. But a month later, he said his left ear was hurting and asked her for hydrocodone, followed by an order for OxyContin. Limbaugh, 52, suffered from autoimmune ear disease, a condition that left him deaf and had to be corrected with cochlear implant surgery two years ago. Cline said she continued to make deliveries to Limbaugh even after she quit as his housekeeper in July 2001 - but he became increasingly paranoid, even patting her down for recording devices, she said. In June 2002, Limbaugh told her he was going to New York for detox a second time. After he returned, "I went to talk to him, and he cried a little bit," she said. "He told me that if it ever got out, he would be ruined." She claimed that a lawyer for Limbaugh gave her a payoff - $80,000 he owed her, plus another $120,000 - and asked her to destroy the computer that contained the E-mail records. Soon after, Cline and her husband retained Shohat and contacted prosecutors. Feeling no pain The drugs Rush Limbaugh is accused of abusing are legal only with a doctor's prescription. All are habit-forming. - Hydrocodone Anti-cough agent and painkiller similar to morphine. Side effects include anxiety, poor mental performance, emotional dependence, drowsiness, mood changes, difficulty breathing and itchiness. - Lorcet Brand name for the combination of Tylenol and hydrocodone, prescribed for moderate to severe pain. Side effects include dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, dizziness, tiredness, muscle twitches, sweating and itching. - OxyContin Potent time-release medication for relief of moderate to severe pain, known as hillbilly heroin because of black-market popularity in some rural areas. Side effects include drowsiness, dizziness, sweating, muscle twitches and decreased sex drive. A large dose can be fatal. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

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TurboTrucker Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Phoenix Arizona Posts: 2,363	Rush Limbaugh is a junkie My sister got hooked on pills - now she's hooked on heroin. __________________

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Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	he's holding a press conference today. he should just disappear, setting himself up for years to be some paragon of virtue and conservative family values, he has been exposed. Oh he'll no doubt cry crocodile tears and say he started doing the drugs to deal with his physical ailments and that he is only mortal and he became physically addicted to the narcotics.............. he's no different than the black crack addicts he would like to see all put in jail. I have sympathy for celebs who get hooked on drugs but not on a pompous mean spirited moralizer like Limbaugh. Stick a fork in that pig, he's done. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

10-02-2003, 04:50 AM	#9
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	The National Enquirer has no political agenda, get real, all the Enquirer is interested in is selling newspapers and nothing sells better than a celebrity scandal and this one is better than average because of the hypocrisy. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!

10-02-2003, 04:51 AM	#11
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nicchick Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 316	He's just another Conservative Republican hypocrite. They want to tell everyone else how to live their lives but think that somehow they are too important to follow their own rules. Bob Livingstone, Newt Gingrich, Dan Burton etc. etc. all condemned Clintons behavior and then it came out that they all had girlfriends. Bill Bennett made a fortune lecturing people on morality- and blew it all on gambling. This is just the latest example of how these phony bastards operate. And anyone who claims to be a conservative who is in this business is either a total political moron or just as phony as those other guys. A REAL conservative wouldn't touch this business with a ten foot pole.