'Ryan Wedding didn't surrender...': Ex-Olympic snowboarder pleads not guilty to US drug charges

Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder, pleaded not guilty to charges of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin responsible for multiple drug-related murders in a U.S. federal court in Santa Ana, California, on Monday (January 26). Following the short hearing his lawyer Anthony Colombo addressed the media, saying his client is in good spirits: "He's a former Olympic athlete, which obviously takes a lot of mental toughness to participate in those type of Games and at a high level. So he's in good spirits." Wedding was flown to California after being arrested in Mexico City on Thursday.