Australian Olympic Swimmer Scott Miller Pleads Guilty for His Role in Drug Syndicate

Mar. 15, 2025

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Olympic swimmerScott Millerhas pleaded guilty in a court in Australia for his role in a drug syndicate.

The 47-year-old former Olympic silver medalist pleaded guilty on Thursday to supplying a prohibited drug and participating in a criminal group contributing to criminal activity. He was sentenced tofive years and six months in prison, per the Australian NewsWire.

His lawyer Arjun Chhabra previously painted a picture of a successful Olympic swimmer whose “public comedown” from his time as an athlete left him “ill-equipped to move into a life beyond his sporting career,” according to the Australian NewsWire.

PEOPLE has reached out to Chhabra for comment, but did not immediately hear back.

“These problems have continued over subsequent years and have at least contributed to his substance abuse,” Judge Penny Hock said, per theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation.

Judge Hock said Miller had played a “central role” in supplying the drugs for the criminal group, according to the news outlets.

Miller will beeligible for parolein February 2024, reportsThe Sydney Morning Herald.

Prosecuting attorneys detailed in court that Miller would melt methamphetamine into white candles that were hidden in a secret compartment in his Toyota Camry, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Police tracked Miller and another suspect on a drug supply run from Balmain to Yass, and the two wereeventually arrestedin February 2021.

At the time, the New South Wales Police Force hadissued a statementsaying the arrests were made as part of an investigation into a “criminal syndicate involved in the supply of prohibited drugs.”

The police executed a search warrant and found “approximatelyone kilogram of heroinwith a street value of $250,000, over $75,000 cash, mobile phones, documents, encrypted electronic devices and smaller amounts of prohibited drugs.”

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source: people.com