By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Barry Bonds slugfest began Tuesday with some drama as the baseball slugger’s trial got underway in federal court in San Francisco. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered Bond’s boyhood friend and longtime weight trainer Greg Anderson back to prison Tuesday for the duration of the trial after he refused to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s game time for the baseball legend Barry Bonds. Jury selection begins Monday in federal court in San Francisco for the home run slugger who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying when he said he didn’t take steroids. Bonds, 46, is not likely to face prison…
Barry Bonds/facebook By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Home run slugger Barry Bonds just keeps knocking them out of the park in the legal arena. On Friday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a federal judge’s ruling that bars three steroid tests from being introduced into his perjury case, a ruling that…
Things have not gone so well when it comes to the federal government’s probe into illegal use of steroids in major league baseball. The Barry Bonds case appears to be going nowhere. And this ruling could hurt other possible cases. By Maura Dolan and Lance Pugmire Los Angeles Times The federal government illegally seized confidential…
Could this be strike three for prosecutors trying to put baseball slugger Barry Bonds behind bars for perjury? Frustrated federal prosecutors hope not. By Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors in the perjury case against former Giants star Barry Bonds have made their final written plea to a federal appeals court…
The case against Barry Bonds has always been a tough one. For one, the key witness, his trainer, has refused to testify in trial. And two, the judge recently ruled that positive steroid tests were not admissible as evidence. The two developments have been a recipe for disaster for the assistant U.S. Attorneys, who are…
Barry Bonds could be one lucky guy — that is if the judge in his case tosses out some key evidence, which looks like a possibilty. By Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government’s perjury case against Barry Bonds ran into trouble Thursday when a judge questioned whether prosecutors could use…
Now that the government has released a barrage of documents, the question remains: What’s Bond’s defense? It better be good. Lance Williams and Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle SAN FRANCISCO — Former Giants slugger Barry Bonds used the BALCO designer steroid “the clear” during the 2003 baseball season and also was taking a female fertility…
