Fast Woman, Foolish Choices

Tim Montgomery

Banned and indicted
Jones's ex-boyfriend and the father of her three-year-old son. Barred from competing for two years and stripped of his 100-meter world record in 2005 after being incriminated in the BALCO case. Along with Steve Riddick, pleaded not guilty to check fraud and money laundering charges and is awaiting trial.

Steve Riddick

Indicted
Ex--Olympic sprinter and Jones's current coach. Indicted earlier this year on charges that he and 12 others, including Tim Montgomery, deposited $5 million in bogus or altered checks into their bank accounts. (He pleaded not guilty.)

Charlie Francis

Banned
Coached Jones (and Montgomery) in 2002--03. Was Ben Johnson's coach in 1988 when the Canadian sprinter was stripped of his Olympic gold for a failed steroids test and has been banned for life from coaching Canadian athletes.

Marion Jones

Exonerated
After testing positive for EPO at the U.S. nationals in June, her backup urine sample showed no signs of the drug, which has been difficult to detect consistently. "I am absolutely ecstatic," she said last week. "I have always maintained that I have never ever taken performance-enhancing drugs, and I am pleased that a scientific process has now demonstrated that fact."

Christopher Whetstine

Assaulted
Jones's former masseur. Accused by Trevor Graham of rubbing steroid cream into sprinter Justin Gatlin's body to get revenge on Graham after a falling out. Assaulted outside a hotel at the 2006 nationals in Indianapolis.