Bonds’ Fate Now In The Hands of Grand Jury
Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007
by Stephany Springer
Barry Bonds has long said that he did not "knowingly" used performance enhancing drugs. Now a federal grand jury is accusing otherwise.
The Homerun king was indicted today for four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. If convicted, Bonds could see up to 30 years in prison.
"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.
This is the testimony that the grand jury is accusing Bonds of lying during. It is taken straight from the indictment and can be viewed at http://assets.espn.go.com/media/pdf/071115/bonds.pdf
Q: I know the answer - - let me ask you this again. I know we kind of got the into
this. Let me be real clear about this. Did he [Anderson] ever give you anything that you
knew to be a steroid? Did he ever give a steroid?
A: I don't think Greg would do anything like that to me and jeopardize our
friendship. I just don't think he would do that.
Q: Well, when you say you don't think he would do that, to your knowledge, 1 mean,
did you ever take any steroids that he gave you?
(a) A: Not that I know of.
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Q: Okay. So, 1 got to ask, Mr. Bonds. There's this number associated on a document
with your name, and corresponding to Barry B. on the other document, and it does have
these two listed anabolic steroids as testing positive in connection with it. Do you follow
my question?
A: I follow where you're going, yeah.
Q: So, 1 guess I got to ask the question again, I mean, did you take steroids? And
Specifically in this test in November of 2000. So, I'm going to ask you in the weeks or months leading up to November 2000, were you taking steroids-
A: no
Q: - - or anything like that?
A: No, 1 wasn't at all. I've never seen these documents. I've never seen these
and months leading up to November 2000, were you taking steroids - -
Q: So, starting in December 2001, on this page. again, there's BB here, which
obviously are consistent with your initials; correct?
A: He could know other BBs.
Q: Correct.
But BB would also be your initials; is that correct.
A: That's correct.
Q: Okay. Were you obtaining testosterone from Mr. Anderson during this period of
time?
A: Not at all.
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Q: In January 2001 were you taking either the flax seed oil or the cream?
A: No.
Q: And were you taking any other steroids?
(e) A: No.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1623(a).
Seriously, does anybody believe these answers? They have papers with his initials, a long time friend in custody who just so happens to be said personal trainer and he honestly thought he would get away with lying.
I think what happens is that some people when they get famous actually think they are invincible. They think they could get away with murder and sometimes they do such as the case as O.J. Simpson.
There is a good chance the Bonds, too, will get away with it. However, I have to think it is a federal grand jury and they seem to have waited four years worth of investigation before moving forward with this indictment. I think they have all the information they need to make their case.
Either way, it seems to me that Bonds career is officially over. Despite the fact that his own home team told him to get lost, it seemed that Bonds still had hopes of going on through free agency. It is that invincible mindset kicking in again. Now, I don't think any team will go near him.
As for the indictment, I think it cleared up any doubts in the fans' eyes about if he used steroids or not. So I say good riddance Bonds-hope you survive in the prison system. I am one fan looking forward to seeing the ball with the asterisk in the Hall of Fame. You have ruined the reputation of the game of baseball. You have ruined the purity and love of the game. Kids looked up to you and what message did you send? It is ok to cheat if it puts you on top. I agree with President Bush, it is a "sad day in baseball."
Thanks for the years of ego-driven scenes, teaching my son what steroids are at a young age, watching you live down to the worse baseball role model in history and trashing what baseball truly is and was before you became a part of it.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Stephany, What a scum-bucket he is! After the "congressional committtee" meetings on steriod use, when the whole panel lied, I vowed I would avoid attending my favorite pasttime. Baseball has done a horrendous job of policing their sport. The commissioner and the union are as stupid as Bonds. Thanks for a great article. Be well.
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