BALCO’s Legacy Lives On, But the Damage Was Minimal
Latest Netflix ‘Untold’ doc explores the fallout of BALCO investigation from two decades ago.
Fueled by Barry Bonds’ link to lab, the hype didn’t match the criminal penalties.
August 16, 2023 by A.J. Perez
Twenty years ago, Victor Conte was neither famous nor infamous.
On Sept. 3, 2003, his Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) was raided by federal agents, and within months, he was part of the biggest doping scandal in U.S. history — even if the money seized that day, and the minor punishments that followed, didn’t amount to much.
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