Prosecutors: A-Rod paid off cousin

Disgraced Yankee spent almost $1 million to keep relative quiet about PEDs

The US government says New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez gave his cousin nearly $1 million last year to keep secret Rodriguez's use of performance-enhancing drugs.

In court documents filed last week in Miami, federal prosecutors said Rodriguez made four wire payments totaling $900,000 between June 2013 and September 2013 to settle a threatened lawsuit by Yuri Sucart, who had worked as Rodriguez's personal assistant. The total value of that settlement could be nearly $2 million when factoring in other elements of the deal such as a home, a car and insurance.