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| Richard Gasquet poses with the Miami Dolphin cheerleaders during the Sony Ericsson Open © Gallo Images |
French tennis player Richard Gasquet was left partially satisfied after French prosecutors on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit he filed in an attempt to further clear himself from his positive test for cocaine.
Gasquet took legal action for "administration of substances harmful to health" to try and prove he was not at fault for testing positive in March at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.
An anti-doping tribunal in July believed Gasquet when he said he inadvertently took cocaine by kissing a woman he identified as "Pamela" at a Miami nightclub, and immediately ended his ban after two and a half months.
Even though Gasquet sought another Paris-based investigation including a toxicological expert, it didn't establish he had committed any offence or that he was the victim of an outside intoxication, the Paris prosecutor's office said in a statement.
"I'm very happy because the investigation has proved that I never took cocaine and that I always said the truth," Gasquet said in a statement.
Paris prosecutors said a woman questioned during the investigation was ordered to attend a drug treatment program.
"The drug treatment ordered by the prosecutor against Pamela proves that she is a regular cocaine user," Gasquet said.
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