The ATP has announced that it cannot reopen the Agassi meth case, since retroactively trying the player is not possible due to the fact that Agassi has retired. This comes at the heels of Agassi’s confession in his latest autobiography that he lied about taking crystal meth to the ATP after he was found positive of the substance in a drug test. The result was thrown out after he claimed that he unwittingly ingested the substance when he drank a spiked beverage.
ATP chairman Adam Helfant put the speculations to rest, saying,
“There has been a lot of speculation about whether the ATP would reopen the case, but we cannot do that because he’s no longer playing on the tour.” Helfant apparently asked for the help of an outside law firm who helped him gather all the facts, and told him that there was no basis for a reopening of the case.
“Andre Agassi has admitted he failed a drugs test in 1997 and regrettably he then lied about it. Even more regrettably he got away with it,” the ATP chairman added.
He also commented on the ATP’s decision not to reveal the positive test, saying that it was in line with the ATP policy of not commenting on doping case.
Helfant also revealed that he talked to Agassi regarding the case after the tennis star’s book came out, but that the subject of their conversation was to remain private.