SANDOR Earl has used his first interview to paint a disturbing picture of Steve Dank, labelling the controversial sports scientist someone who had his trust but abused that power.

The first victim of the ASADA investigation that’s rocked Australian sport, Earl will break his silence on Channel 9’s Footy Show at 8.30 Thursday night, giving a tell-all account of his dealings with Dank that led to him admitting to trafficking and use of peptide CJC-1295.

Dank has repeatedly denied giving any players a prohibited substance.

The Daily Telegraph has also learnt Earl will outline his belief that Dank worked for Penrith while Earl was overcoming a double shoulder reconstruction in 2011, believing members of the coaching staff had knowledge that he was receiving injections off-site.

But the biggest bombshell is reserved for Dank, the investigation’s central figure who has links to most of the 31 NRL players implicated in the probe. Earl has told the The Footy Show that Dank assured him the injections of CJC-1295 were permitted.

“I’d love to look back and look at how naive I’ve been but I can’t do that and I have no reason not to judge myself,” the 23-year-old said.

“There have been times like I mentioned to you this year, where I’ve thought what have I done, what did I do, what did I do wrong, am I the idiot, but I don’t believe that.

“Perhaps it was a story I was given by him and it was misleading by him but you know in turn I take full responsibility for what’s happened and what’s going to happen, there’s no problem with that.”

Earl’s opinion is that he was the victim of an abuse of trust.

“But was I the victim of someone that abused his power and trust? Yes I was. And was the credibility there? Yes it was.”

Facing a four-year suspension, Earl is attempting to have his ban reduced to 12 months by providing ASADA with “substantial assistance” — information that the anti-doping watch dog can use to convict others.

That move has generated a paranoia among his peers but Earl will on Thursday night declare he has not given information about other players, only Dank.

The trafficking charges relate to a trip Earl made from Mascot, where he collected a batch of CJC-1295 from Dank, to the private clinic in Cabramatta Dank had referred him to where he was administered a dozen individual rounds of injections.

Earl compared the needle’s sensation to the “cold rush” of morphine, claiming he felt ill immediately afterwards.

“I’ve described it as morphine, sort of a cold rush going through your body I felt quite sick in my stomach.”

Penrith were charged $1160 for the 12 treatments, but former strength and conditioning coach Carl Jennings on Wednesday denied any knowledge that Earl was going off-site. Inquiries to in-house Panthers sports scientist, Matt Ryan, were not returned.

The club has previously stated that Dank was not paid for his services, which primarily involved the installation of GPS and Hypoxi training programs.