David Jacobs (c. 1973 – June 5, 2008) was an American personal trainer.

Background

Federal agents say at one point Jacobs was involved with 'one of the largest steroid rings in the United States'.Nguyen, Kim.
Dallas County ME rules Earhart-Savell’s death a homicide
", June 11, 2008. Accessed 23 June 2008. Jacobs also ran a health store in Plano, Texas called Supplement Outlet funded by his $30,000-a-month illegal steroid business.

National Football League

On May 1, 2008, Jacobs was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $25,000 after pleading guilty the previous year in federal court to conspiring to possess anabolic steroids with intent to distribute. He gained notoriety after choosing to cooperate with

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

officials in their investigation regarding use of steroids by players. On May 21, 2008, Jacobs met with NFL representatives and gave them a list of players he claimed had bought steroids from him. Jacobs said he sold tens of thousands of dollars' worth of performance-enhancing drugs to former

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisi ...

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

Matt Lehr Matthew Steven Lehr (born April 25, 1979) is a former American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints. He was selected by the Dalla ...

in 2006 and 2007; Lehr denied this.Ball, Linda Stewart.
Police say steroid dealer killed himself
, Associated Press, Jun 6, 2008. Accessed June 23, 2008. ' what Jacobs alleged is true,' wrote ''

Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885 by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the ''Galvesto ...

'' columnist Kevin Sherrington, 'the NFL has a

BALCO The Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) (1984–2003) was an American company led by founder and owner Victor Conte. In 2003, journalists Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada investigated the company's role in a drug sports scandal later re ...

case on its hands.' On January 23, 2010, ''The Dallas Morning News'' reported that Jacobs told the paper he supplied steroids to NFL

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...

Michael Vick Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is a former American football quarterback. Regarded as having transformed the quarterback position with his rushing abilities, he is the NFL leader in quarterback rushing yards and was the league's firs ...

while the latter played for the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

. When questioned by federal agents and prosecutors, Vick denied the allegations.

Death

On June 5, 2008, police discovered Jacobs, along with his 'on-again, off-again' girlfriend, prominent fitness model Amanda Earhart-Savell, both dead of multiple gunshot wounds from a .40-caliber

Glock Glock is a brand of polymer- framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was th ...

handgun. Police shortly thereafter began characterizing their investigation as consistent with a murder–suicide. Police had been alerted to possible foul play after friends of Savell had reported she had been missing for several days, and officers were sent to check on their welfare at Jacobs's house located in Plano, Texas. Also found in his house were '146 vials of steroids, 10 syringes, scales, bags with steroids and

marijuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...

, a computer, and a .22 semi-automatic gun with ammunition'.Earhart-Savell death ruled murder
", WFAA, June 9, 2008.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, David 1973 births 2008 deaths American drug traffickers American sports coaches People from Plano, Texas Multiple gunshot suicides Suicides by firearm in Texas Sports coaches from Texas 2008 suicides Murder–suicides in Texas