Crime in Sports

Cocaine In My Shoes, Needles In My Veins - Steve ”Mental Case” Durbano - Part 2

2026-02-17

This week, we finish up this wild story with Steve, getting back into the NHL, only to barely play, and end up unemployed. He fills in this employment gap by going down to Bolivia, and trying to smuggle cocaine into Canada, with a wild & fun excuse. He does his prison time, only to get back into drugs, and end up in more trouble, including running an "escort service" that definitely wasn't legal. All of this, and his sad, pitiful ending! Keep telling NHL teams that you're ready to stop getting in trouble, tell a judge that you ...