▁Mar ion ▁Jones ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ; ▁Francis , ▁Jones , ▁and ▁Mont gom ery ▁initially ▁attempted ▁to ▁cover ▁up ▁their ▁association ▁but ▁it ▁soon ▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁athlet es ▁were ▁working ▁with ▁him . ▁Francis ▁had ▁claimed ▁for ▁years ▁that ▁el ite ▁athlet es ▁could ▁not ▁comp ete ▁at ▁the ▁highest ▁levels ▁without ▁ster oid s , ▁but ▁when ▁the ▁media ▁became ▁aware ▁of ▁Francis ' ▁association ▁with ▁Jones ▁and ▁Mont gom ery , ▁he ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁worked ▁with ▁such ▁tal ented ▁athlet es ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁need ▁ster oid s ▁to ▁succeed ▁at ▁the ▁el ite ▁level . ▁ ▁Both ▁were ▁later ▁imp licated , ▁with ▁Mont gom ery ▁adm itting ▁his ▁drug ▁use ▁to ▁a ▁grand ▁j ury ▁and ▁Jones ▁going ▁to ▁prison ▁for ▁lying ▁to ▁a ▁grand ▁j ury ▁about ▁her ▁drug ▁use . ▁Francis ▁was ▁not ▁named ▁as ▁being ▁involved ▁in ▁these ▁specific ▁drug ▁use ▁cases . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁became ▁a ▁highly ▁sought ▁after ▁personal ▁tra iner , ▁working ▁with ▁clients ▁r anging ▁from ▁business men ▁to ▁professional ▁athlet es ▁in ▁the ▁NBA , ▁NFL , ▁and ▁N HL , ▁including ▁former ▁Toronto ▁Map le ▁Le af ▁forward ▁T ie ▁Dom i , ▁who ▁h ired ▁Francis ▁to ▁help ▁him ▁become ▁a ▁better ▁all - round ▁ath lete . ▁ ▁He ▁author ed ▁two ▁books ▁on ▁s print ing : ▁Speed ▁T rap ▁and ▁Training ▁for ▁Speed , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁owner / operator ▁of