In February 2012, when Essendon players were asked to sign consent forms for the administration of four substances, including the thymosin peptide at the centre of ASADA’s doping case, Crameri took the form home to his mum. Together, mother and son researched the various substances and checked their status on the WADA website. Mandy Crameri, former schoolteacher from the Victorian country town of Maryborough, explains: “ASADA made sweeping assumptions that the 34 players and their families did not check the substances on the list of supplements provided for the players on the 2012 EFC players list”. “Although, in 2012 there was only scant evidence available, I made a google search of general information and academic papers, there was still enough information about thymosin (thymomodulin) for me to think it was fairly harmless. My thinking centred around how it helped with recovery, and it protected the stomach lining (there was concern about how previous meds used for recovery were very destructive in the long term). So in this regard, I thought Dank was being proactive and using an enlightened approach to help the players recover after each game”. “There was one specific week between two games, from the Carlton game to the Anzac Day Clash with a short recovery time, I think it was four or five days- this was of most concern to me, and I felt the AFL should have shown a greater duty of care about how bodies need at least six days to recover from one game until the next. I can remember thinking, I am glad they (Dank and the club) are undertaking effective means to bring about a healing state”. “I still stand by the assumption today, that thymomodulin was used, and it was not or is not on the WADA banned list. I still believe in the innocence of the the 34 today, and after all the information that has been released, I cannot see any evidence that Thymosin Beta 4 was ever used, purchased, procured or administered”. “Truth is always truth, and will stand up eventually for what it is in this situation. You cannot prosecute without truth, so we will see how the future determines ASADA versus Essendon FC 34, 2012”. In February 2012, the Crameri family searched for ‘thymosin’ which they knew to be Thymomodulin. Thymomodulin is an immunity booster that can be safely given to babies and is legal for athletes to use. Four months later, ASADA made exactly the same inquiries. On 3 July 2012, ASADA Science and Results Manager Dr Steven Watt sent an email to WADA. It reads: “I wanted to inquire if WADA had considered the prohibited status of a drug Thymomodulin, also known as thymosin”. Source: See attached, page numbered 2 https://www.asada.gov.au/sites/g/files/net126/f/Josh%20O'dea%20-%20TB4%20correspondence%20-%20released%20documents.pdf During the investigation into the Essendon Football Clubs supplements program in 2012, ASADA obtained sworn statements from Jobe Watson and Dean Robinson confirming the presence of Thymomodulin. ASADA investigators found a Thymomodulin vial; a spreadsheet; and a post bye supplements program all evidencing the use of Thymomodulin. Mr Chip LeGrand, sports journalist from The Australian reported Dank had spoken to Dr Peter Fricker, a former director of the Australian Institute of Sport about Thymomodulin in April 2012. LeGrand reported in November 2012, Dank again discussed the use of Thymomodulin as an immune response booster with both Dr Fricker and David Kenley, the chief executive of Metabolic Pharmaceuticals. “Fricker felt that Stephen was really on to something using Thymomodulin as an immune response booster”. ASADA investigators also obtained text messages from Dank discussing using Thymomodulin to help Melbourne Football Club player Trengrove. Do you see a pattern? No one, including Crameri, Dean Robinson, Kenley, and possibly many others had ever heard of Thymosin Beta 4 until ASADA claimed ‘thymosin’ was Thymosin Beta 4. Further, contrary to Mandy Crameri’s statements above, ASADA/WADA wrongly argued at the Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) that no player made further inquiries about ‘thymosin’ before they gave written consent to be injected with it and therefore, inter alia, the players must be guilty. “Truth is always the truth, and it will stand up eventually for what it is in this situation” Mandy Crameri. Please read, consider, and sign this petition. If you have already signed, please share this petition using any of the links below. Thank you truthfully for your support.