Olympic Ice Dancer Pasha Grishuk Slipped a Date Rape Drug but Escapes Unharmed

Ice skating has a tough time finding it's niche in the United States. Sure, every four years for a week it becomes big news during the Winter Olympics but otherwise the athletes of the ice find it tough to get a mention beside the big boys of American sports. Making it worse, the rare times they do get attention it tends to have nothing to do with their athletic acheivements.

Think Tonya Harding's cronies kneecapping Nancy Kerrigan or Oksana Baiul wrapping her car around a tree. And, now, think Pasha Grishuk getting dosed by a date rape drug in Orange County. TMZ has the scoop.

The two-time Olympic gold medal winner attended a business meeting at the swanky St. Regis in the OC on April 12. Grishuk ordered a glass of wine at the table, which she briefly left unattended. After taking a few more sips, Pasha noticed a half-dissolved pill at the bottom of her glass. By the time cops and paramedics arrived, Pasha was feeling numb and ill. They also found a second glass she had been drinking from in the lounge and it had residue from a pill as well

Grishuk doesn't compete any longer so it's either a case of attempted date rape or a really bizarre publicity stunt. If it was the latter, job well done because I've know heard of Pasha Grishuk, something that wasn't true before today. If it's the former, here's hoping that whoever did it runs afoul of a serious beating sometime soon.

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