Former figure skating champ Nicole Bobek gets 5 years’ probation on NJ meth charge

Skater Bobek gets 5 years’ probation on meth count

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek has been sentenced to five years’ probation for her role in a crystal methamphetamine ring in New Jersey.

The 32-year-old Bobek choked up in court in Jersey City on Monday as she said she was sorry. She pleaded guilty in June to conspiring to distribute meth.

She was among nearly 30 people accused last year of running a network that allegedly distributed $10,000 in meth per week. The alleged leader, Edward Cruz Jr., was sentenced this month to 16 years in prison.

Bobek is from Jupiter, Fla., and has also been in New York. She won the U.S. figure skating title in 1995 but finished 17th at the 1998 Winter Olympics.