SEATTLE - The man who skipped Canada's wheelchair curling team to a gold medal in the 2010 Olympics has pleaded not guilty in a Seattle court to smuggling charges.
Jim Armstrong is accused of trying to smuggle thousands of counterfeit Viagra and Cialis tablet pills into Canada.
He was arrested April 15 in Blaine, Wash., where U.S. prosecutors say he was picking up the pills from a U.S. postal box.
In U.S. federal court documents, the arresting officer said Armstrong admitted he knew what he was doing was wrong and was only picking up the pills so his son, Gregory Armstrong, could distribute them at Vancouver-area clubs.
Armstrong's son has also been indicted in the case.
The champion curler, a Richmond, B.C., resident and former dentist, was released from custody soon after his arrest after posting a $20,000 bond.
