A-Rod cousin sentenced in Florida to 7 months in jail for doping

By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - A cousin of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez was sentenced to seven months in jail on Thursday for conspiring to distribute performance-enhancing drugs after prosecutors said he played a key role in tying the man known as "A-Rod" to a doping scandal. U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga sentenced Yuri Sucart, 53, in Miami after he pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors in March to one count of conspiring to distribute human growth hormone. The charge normally is punishable by up to five years behind bars but under the deal prosecutors agreed to seek a reduced sentence of no more than eight months jail.

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