The emails containing Peyton Manning‘s explanation for the human growth hormone shipments sent to his home went out just after midnight on Dec. 16, 2015.
A few weeks earlier, an investigative reporter with Al Jazeera network informed Manning’s agent that an unidentified source had made a series of allegations about the star quarterback using HGH.
That week, Manning’s lawyers had tried to convince Al Jazeera their source was lying. An Indianapolis clinic had sent HGH to the quarterback’s home in Florida, Manning’s lawyers confirmed — according to documents filed in federal court and interviews with those with knowledge of the discussions — but they said the shipments weren’t meant for Peyton Manning.