New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s business partner and personal health guru Alex Guerrero has been banned from the team’s sideline and plane without any explanation from coach Bill Belichick.
Belichick declined comment when asked about a possible rift with Guerrero during a radio interview Monday – ‘Yeah, I’m not really going to get into that,’ he told WEEI – but the legendary Patriots coach did revoke Guerrero’s credentials, according to a report by The Boston Globe.
The New England Patriots have not responded to a request for comment.
Tom Brady of the New England Patriots celebrates with trainer Alex Guerrero after defeating the New York Jets in November of 2016. Guerrero is now banned from the team’s sideline
Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots talks with Tom Brady on the sideline
Brady also refused to talk about the situation during an interview with WEEI.
‘I don’t have any comment on that,’ Brady said Monday, ‘other than to say Alex, it’s been well-documented, has been a huge part of what I do and I’m so fortunate to have him not only as a friend, but with everything that we’ve been able to do together.’
Guerrero has worked with Brady on the five-time Super Bowl champion’s TB12 brand, which includes a book and phone app, both of which provide health tips. Together they opend the TB12 Therapy Center near the Patriots’ Gillette Stadium in 2013.
And as The Globe reported, Guerrero has treated several of Brady’s teammates, including tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Julian Edelman.
Guerrero even reportedly had an office near the Patriots locker room, but according to The Globe, he will only be permitted to treat Brady at that particular facility.
In 2015, the Globe reported that Patriots medical and training staffs had complained to Belichick about Guerrero’s role, citing concerns over alternative treatments that often conflicted with their own methods. Guerrero’s medical background was also reportedly questioned.
Boston Magazine previously referred to Guerrero as a snake oil salesman.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, Guerrero falsely claimed to be a doctor and insisted his products could cure cancer and concussions.
(Left) The description of Tom Brady’s new book claims, ‘The TB12 Method is the only book an athlete will ever need, a playbook from Brady himself that will change the game.’ (Right), Brady’s TB12 ap offers health tips from himself and his trainer, Alex Guerrero
Tom Brady celebrates with Guerrero after beating the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX
According to federal affidavits, Guerrero claimed to have made a nutritional supplement that cured terminally ill patients affected with cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
The product, called Supreme Greens, was purported to have cured all but eight of the 200 terminally ill patients that were part of the study.
“This is just out and out quackery,” says Barrie Cassileth, who has a PhD in medical sociology and the founder of the Integrative Medicine Service at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, told Boston Magazine.
The report revealed that Supreme Greens were never actually tested and the supposed study never existed, as he later admitted.
According to Boston Magazine, Guerrero was told by the FTC to stop referring to himself as a doctor. The publication also revealed that Guerrero’s degree in Chinese medicine came from a California college that no longer exists.
Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Atlanta Falcons during Super Bowl 51 in Houston