Cortney Casey is still holding out hope that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) lifts sanctions from a controversial doping case that started last month. But she knows damage — to her character and career reputation — have already been done, and those are going to be more difficult to wipe away.
“You know how it is in the media,” Casey told MMA Fighting. “One to two days and it's forgot about. I’m already a cheater. I’ve already, in their eyes, tested positive for steroids. I didn’t test positive for anything.”
Last month, the TDLR suspended Casey for three months and overturned her win over Jessica Aguilar from UFC 211 on May 13 in Dallas after Casey, in the eyes of the state at the time, failed a drug test.