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Peyton Manning refutes allegation HGH sent to his wife in 2011

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A report by Al Jazeera that is slated to air Sunday night alleges that an Indianapolis clinic sent HGH to Peyton Manning's wife, Ashley, while the star quarterback recovered from neck surgery in 2011.

The Huffington Post obtained an early copy of "The Dark Side," a documentary that attempts to unveil the curtain on the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Charlie Sly, a former pharmacist at the Guyer Clinic, alleges that Manning's wife was the stated recipient of growth hormone and other drugs.

"All the time we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs," Sly said in the video. "Like growth hormone, all the time, everywhere, Florida. And it would never be under Peyton's name, it would always be under her name."

Peyton Manning released a statement on the matter on Saturday evening.

"The allegation that I would do something like that is complete garbage and is totally made up. It never happened. Never," the statement reads. "I really can't believe somebody would put something like this on the air. Whoever said this is making stuff up."

Sly also named James Harrison, Julius Peppers, and Clay Matthews, among others, as customers in the report. However, he later tried to retract some of his earlier statements.

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