Posts with tag "big brother"

'Big Brother' Star Busted for Drug Ring Financed by Co-Star's Winnings, Faces Prison Time

Posted Jan 10th 2011 at 06:18 PM by Rebecca Macatee

'Big Brother 9' star Matthew McDonald has pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone in connection with a drug ring allegedly founded by his co-star, Adam Jasinski. According to TMZ, all of Jasinski's $500,000 winnings were pooled into the massive operation. This isn't McDonald's first brush with the law. He was arrested in April 2010 for threatening to harm the family members of his ...

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Two 'Big Brother' Contestants Linked to Drug Ring

Posted Apr 28th 2010 at 12:31 PM by PopEater Staff

Last fall, Adam Jasinski, the winner of 'Big Brother's' ninth season, was arrested for using his $500,000 winnings to buy thousands of oxycodone pills, planning to resell them. Now, Matthew McDonald, Jasinski's compadre on the reality show, is also being linked to the drug dealing charges. (Photo: McDonald, left, and Jasinski, right) A federal court in Massachusetts indicted McDonald on ...

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Adam Jasinski Used 'Big Brother' Prize to Buy / Sell Pills

Posted Oct 20th 2009 at 01:33 PM by PopEater / Wire Services

Adam Jasinski, the winner of last year's 'Big Brother,' has confessed to authorities of using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them. The Florida native, 31, has been charged with attempting to sell 2,000 pills in Massachusetts to a government witness and faces years of prison time. Federal prosecutors said Jasinski was arrested Saturday after he flew to Boston ...