SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2008
Barry Bonds Steroid Testimony Unsealed
Judge Orders Prosecutors To Reconfigure Indictment And Make It More Specific
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Barry Bonds waves after walking through securtiy after during his at the Philip Burton Federal Building for his first public appearance following his indictment on four counts of perjury and one obstruction of justice charge in San Francisco, Dec. 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Bonds is charged with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction for allegedly lying 19 different times during his December 2003 testimony to a grand jury investigating steroid use in professional sports.
The indictment, unsealed in November, cites snippets of testimony where Bonds denies ever ingesting steroids or human growth hormone. It quotes Bonds denying his personal trainer Greg Anderson ever injected him with steroids, which prosecutors allege is a lie.
During his grand jury appearance, prosecutors also presented Bonds with a drug test showing a positive steroids result for a player they called "Barry B." Bonds said he never before saw those results.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston made the ruling on the testimony Friday when she ordered federal prosecutors to fix Bonds indictment so each of the five counts against him don't include multiple alleged false statements.
The indictment cites 19 different instances of Bonds' alleged lying but only charges him with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction.
Illston agreed with Bonds' attorney Dennis Riordan that prosecutors must edit out many of the alleged lies or seek a new indictment containing more charges.
Prosecutors are expected to make their decision before Bonds' next court date on March 21. They declined comment outside court.
The judge allowed Bonds to skip the hearing Friday and excused him from attending the next court date.
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- I guess the only people who care are the idiots who pay money to see millionares engage in recreational competative activities and wonder why their kids don''t have decent role models.
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- Right on the money,fstop100. If Pete Rose got what he did,how much more so Bonds.
Also,BONDSHOMO...IT IS YOUR MIND THAT IS DEFORMED,STERILE AND 2 INCHES DIRT FACE. - Reply to this comment
- strip him of all records and ban him from the hall of fame. you did it Pete Rose and he did it all on guts!
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- Exactly. Who cares? It is just a safe issue for Congress to investigate while overlooking more important things. I also don''t like how this is handled. Someone says he didn''t take steroid, another says he did, then they want to go after the guy who said he didn''t. IT''s stupid.
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- Who cares? Everybody with a kid should care. They''ve already started finding little leaquers taking performance drugs, and they do it because they see the pros doing it. Who cares.............
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- Who cares? Let them take what ever they want. Geez who cares?
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