6 Athletes Who Lost Everything After One Mistake

Dani Benítez – One Line Of Cocaine Ended Everything

Spanish footballer Dani Benítez had a promising career in La Liga with Granada and Mallorca. Then came a Friday night party that dragged on until dawn, with training scheduled for 7:30 AM. “I was very drunk,” he recalled. “One person said to me: ‘Take a line, you’re going to wake up and go train.’ And I did a line of cocaine”. He had never taken drugs in his life. The anti-doping control after the next match came back positive. Benítez received a two-year ban that ended his progression and closed doors that had been open to him. “They took away my life,” he said simply. “That was the biggest mistake of my life and I will always carry it with me”.