Barry Bonds on trial

ricadus
ricadus Posts: 2,379
edited January 2008 in Pro race
Barry Bonds, baseball's home run king, was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice Thursday and could face prison instead of the Hall of Fame for telling a federal grand jury he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.

The indictment, culminating a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes, charged Bonds with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison.

Shortly after the indictment was handed up, Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, was ordered released after spending most of the past year in prison for refusing to testify against his longtime friend.

"During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances for Bonds and other athletes," the indictment said.

Another high profile star of another sport is in the dock, as the due process of law strikes with glacial swiftness.
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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Ya, I just read that on Yahoo. When the mighty fall, they fall all the way.

    Dennis Noward
    Toledo, Ohio USA
  • noggincp
    noggincp Posts: 1,881
    I am not interested in baseball whatsoever but....

    was in San Fran on hols last year and went to see a Giants game

    got chatting to a couple of hardened fans, asking them to explain what was going on , rules etc and about Bonds

    they just rolled their eyes and said basically that noboody knows how the guy gets away with "substance misdemeanours" for soooo long
    <font>"Tongue sandwiches? Bleah! Eat what? But it\'s been in somebody else\'s mouth"</font>
  • Cajun
    Cajun Posts: 1,048
    He'll walk with a 'slap on the wrist'....Money talks....our courts are so corrupt now, there's no way he'll ever see anything more than 6 months (2 months w/good behaviour) and 5 years probation....WOW!!!! the common citizen will spend 10+years and not even be able to pick his own boyfriend :cry:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3210777 (he's already asking the courts to turn their head :shock: )
    Cajun

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