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US BB winner 'considered flight risk'

Friday, October 30 2009, 22:16 UTC - by Tim Parks, Entertainment Reporter

A federal judge in Boston has ruled that Big Brother US winner Adam Jasinski is a flight risk.

The 31-year-old, who emerged victorious during the CBS show's ninth season, was recently charged with attempting to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills. He told DEA agent Todd Prough that he used his $500,000 (£300,954) prize money from the reality series to purchase thousands of the prescription drugs in order to resell them.

Jasinski faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and may also be fined $1m (£601,474) for the possession charge. US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin has denied a motion to release Jasinski, E! reports.

"He is detained," court clerk Maria Simeone said. "[The judge] determined that the government had met its burden of proof based on the evidence and that the defendant posed a risk of flight."

His next court date is unknown at this time.

During his time on Big Brother, Jasinski made offensive remarks regarding people with autism, which caused a sponsor to pull its advertisements from airing during the programme.