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Paige Johnson 31, daughter of billionaire BET co-founder Robert L. Johnson has been suspended from equestrian events for a year
Her horse, Luke Skywalker 46, tested positive in January for a banned substance
Her groom took the blame after he says he accidentally bought the wrong cream

Published: 23:01 EDT, 16 August 2017 | Updated: 04:19 EDT, 17 August 2017

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Paige Johnson, daughter of BET co-founder Robert L. Johnson, has been suspended from equestrian events for a year after her horse failed a drug test.

Johnson, 31, an acclaimed rider who became the first black American to win a major grand prix in 2015, first suffered the setback when her horse tested positive for Pramoxine in January.

Her groom says it was all his fault. According to International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI), groom Sergio Molinero says he went to Walmart to grab the usual antibiotic cream they used to treat small cuts on her horse, Luke Skywalker 46.

BET founder Robert L. Johnson and his daughter Paige Johnson (left). Paige has been suspended for one year after her horse tested positive for a banned substance in January

Johnson rides during the SUNCAST $86,000 1.50M Classic during the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida

The Palm Beach Post reports Molinero has been Johnson's groom for the past 15 years and has been working with Luke Skywalker since they bought him in 2015.

Molinero told the FEI he accidentally grabbed the tube with the banned substance. 'I was buying the same triple antibiotic we always buy, which is OK under the anti-doping rules.'

'I now realize after Paige was able to find my receipt for the purchase that I made a mistake and pulled the wrong tube off the shelf because it looked so much like the one we always use' Molinero told the FEI.

In the FEI report, Skywalker's veterinarian John Nolan called Johnson 'the most careful and ethical rider with whom he had ever worked.'

Johnson participates in the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Events at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on March 14, 2015 in Wellington, Florida

Johnson must also pay a fine of about $2,000 USD.

While she's been a competitive equestrian rider since she was a child, she is now suspended until April 2018.

Johnson will miss the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington over the snafu.