Report: Alex Rodriguez Paid Cousin To Be Quiet About PED Use

**Alex Rodriguez, recently reinstated into Major League Baseball *after a 162-game suspension, now faces more scrutiny after a report that he paid his cousin $1 million to stay quiet about his use of performance enhancing drugs.***

The New York Yankees got a little bit of a break from the Alex Rodriguez drama this season. It is already back, and in full force, after a New York Daily News report that was released on Monday night.

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When he was embroiled in PED allegations and Biogenesis investigations, Rodriguez was apparently blackmailed by his shady cousin for money to keep quiet. Like, a lot of money. Rodriguez’s cousin asked for something to the tune of $1 million not to rat A-Rod out for his PED usage.

Truly, the Alex Rodriguez soap opera continues.

Here is more from the New York Daily News report:

"Alex Rodriguez’s infamous “Cousin Yuri Sucart” threatened to expose the Yankee superstar’s doping secrets unless the scandal-ridden slugger coughed up “enormous sums of money,” according to court papers filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.Rodriguez caved, entering into a confidential settlement with Sucart on June 5, 2013, agreeing to pay Sucart one $700,000 payment for his silence, in addition to three more payments made to Sucart that totalled $200,000.In a Dec. 18, 2012 letter, Sucart’s former attorney, Jeffrey Sonn, had demanded $5 million and a “life estate” for Sucart and his wife, according to the court papers."

With each report and each admission, it just becomes more clear that the legal issues and sketchy stories that surround Rodriguez are going to extend well beyond his playing days. It doesn’t help that Rodriguez will be back in action next season, but even when he is done playing, the nature of his career and his accomplishments mean that we will be hearing stories and allegations for years.

You think Jose Canseco is a lot to take? Just imagine retired Alex Rodriguez. And as this report shows, this guy dealt with some sketchy people in his days.

Alex Rodriguez, recently reinstated into Major League Baseball after a 162-game suspension, now faces more scrutiny after a report that he paid his cousin $1 million to stay quiet about his use of performance enhancing drugs.

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**Alex Rodriguez, recently reinstated into Major League Baseball *after a 162-game suspension, now faces more scrutiny after a report that he paid his cousin $1 million to stay quiet about his use of performance enhancing drugs.***