A former world-arm-wrestling champ from Queens who was busted twice for allegedly peddling a bogus cancer cure made of apricot seeds has died — after a long battle with kidney cancer, new court filings say.
Jason Vale, 52, passed away Friday morning “after a lengthy illness” while awaiting trial in federal court for his latest tussle with the law over the alleged snake-oil scheme, wrote his lawyer, Robert Soloway, to the judge.
Soloway did not specify if Vale’s kidney cancer caused his death, but prosecutors said in charging documents that the former strongman used his battle with the disease to help market his phony treatment.
In 2019, prosecutors arrested Vale and his mother, Barbara, at her Queens home and charged them with allegedly touting a supposed cancer-curing compound called laetrile, which is found in apricot seeds.
The pair ran a Web site to sell the bogus cure-all titled “Apricotsfromgod.info,” and Jason Vale posted first-person testimonials about using the seeds to treat his own disease, according to prosecutors.
“Tens of thousands know the answer to cancer, and do not fear the disease, myself included,” wrote Vale — who was once the top arm-wrestler in the world, according to the Washington Post.
The pair raked in more than $800,000 hawking the fake remedy, the feds alleged.
Jason Vale had previously been busted for selling the cancer treatment in 2003. A judge ordered him locked up that year at he refused to stop selling the seeds as cure after being ordered by the court to stop.
Soloway declined comment to The Post on Monday.