Actor Scott Siegel, who portrayed the hulking steroid dealer Greg in the movie The Wrestler, was arrested Wednesday night in Westchester, New York following a dramatic car chase. Siegel was wanted by federal agents for distributing steroids. Federal and local authorities attempted to pull The Wrestler actor over, but he allegedly took off. During the chase, shots were reportedly fired as officers tried to stop his fleeing black Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle. Siegel eluded capture by ramming a couple of police vehicles. He soon crashed his SUV into a gate, and then fled on foot.
Police later spotted him inside another vehicle, and were led on another foot chase. Officers, with guns in hand, soon chased him down and caught him at an intersection. Siegel was arrested and charged with distributing steroids and assaulting a federal officer, both felonies. The actor was taken into federal custody and will be arraigned on Wednesday. Siegel has a previous federal conviction for dealing steroids, ecstasy, and an animal tranquilizer used as a hallucinogen. He now faces charges of assaulting a federal agent. Other charges are pending.
Siegel faces assault on a federal officer and steroid distribution charges. He was arrested in 1999 for distributing steroids, Ecstasy and ketamine and was sentenced to three years in prison. He was released in 2003. In the Academy Award-nominated movie, Siegel plays a gregarious dealer who sells steroids to Mickey Rourke's Randy (The Ram) Robinson in a wrestling venue locker room. An actor who played a steroid dealer in "The Wrestler" was arrested on steroid charges Wednesday night after rumbling with agents on a drug task force, officials said.
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