Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding Pleads Not Guilty to Drug, Murder Charges
The former Olympian, who competed for Canada in 2002, is charged with cocaine trafficking, conspiracy to commit murder, and witness tampering.
An image of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who was a fugitive at the time, is displayed on a video monitor along with bricks of cocaine (foreground) during a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, on Oct. 17, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding pleaded not guilty to all charges at his first appearance in federal court in California on Jan. 26.
Wedding has been charged with conspiracies to import cocaine into the United States, commit murder, and launder money, among other charges.
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