Anthony Colombo

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics, is currently facing 17 felony charges in a southern California court. These charges include drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit murder, witness tampering, and money laundering. Wedding is accused of running a billion-dollar drug-smuggling ring and orchestrating multiple killings after his snowboarding career ended. He was recently arrested in Mexico and extradited to the United States. Wedding pleaded not guilty to all charges during his arraignment. His case is newsworthy due to the high-profile nature of the charges, his past as an Olympic athlete, and the alleged scale of his criminal enterprise. The case highlights the potential for athletes to become involved in criminal activities after their sporting careers conclude, and the complexities of international drug trafficking investigations.