Barry Bonds
Bonds has the law on his side
Saturday, February 28th, 2009 | Barry Bonds, MLB | No Comments
Barry Bonds crazy trail for perjury has taken yet another turn. The trail faces a long delay for an appeal and is on indefinite hold. The government announced Friday its intention to appeal pretrial rulings that would keep out pieces of evidence, bringing the case to a halt. Many legal experts believe the delay will last many months or longer. The appeal comes from rulings judge Susan Illston made just eight days ago when she ordered that the government would be precluded from using three positive tests indicating Bonds used two kinds of steroids in 2000 and 2001. Barry Bonds attorneys issued a joint statement that read “Barry Bonds is innocent. Rather then present the evidence to an impartial judge and jury, the government has chosen to appeal Judge Illston’s correct and well-reasoned order.” The judge told the government the only way the evidence would be allowed in was if Bonds trainer would testify. Bonds personal trainer has always refused to testify despite a subpoena, he already spent 13 months in jail for refusal to testify against Bonds.
More roids for Bonds
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 | Barry Bonds, MLB | No Comments
Barry Bonds perjury trial has not started yet, but its not looking good for him. ESPN announced today that the Feds have an urine sample that links Bonds to anabolic steroids. In 2003 Bonds testified to a grand jury that he did use the “cream” and the “clear” but he did not know that they were performance-enhancing. With the urine samples this could prove he used other steroids. When Bonds testified he was asked if he ever took steroids, he answered no. The government is saying he lied under oath and his perjury trial is scheduled to begin March 2.
Federal agents raided the home of mother-in-law of personal trainer Greg Anderson, he was Bonds’ trainer. She is the target of a tax investigation and Anderson’s lawyer is saying they are trying to pressure Greg to testify at Bonds’ upcoming trial. Mark Gergos, the lawyer for Anderson, said he believes the raid on Wednesday is in response to his refusal to tell prosecutors whether Anderson would testify. “They trashed the place and took all kinds of stuff,” he said. “The execution was illegal and a grotesque example of bullying.”
Bonds who hit 762 home runs and beat Hank Aaron record has not officially announced if he will return to baseball. Back in Dec he did say that he was not sure if he wanted to retire. This could be harder then Bonds thinks since there are no teams willing to offer him a deal right now. I’m sure the fact that he could go to jail is not helping him.
Update: Looks like Bobby Estalella is going to provide significant testimony to support the governments contention that Barry Bonds knowingly took steroids. According to ESPN two sources have confirmed that Estalealla has been subpoenaed to testify. Estalella is expected to testify he has first-hand knowledge about bond’s steroid use.
