Mik 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2008 Hey, Roger can't have all the fun now. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3246542 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted February 15, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO -- A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record. In fact, the government meant to reference a previously reported November 2000 failed drug test that was included in the indictment unsealed last year, U.S. attorney spokesman Josh Eaton said. The mistake prompted a flurry of erroneous reports on television and Web sites around the country. The filing amounted to federal prosecutors defending their questioning of Bonds before a grand jury, and urging a judge to keep the slugger's perjury prosecution on track. Bonds had argued that the questions posed to him by prosecutors were ambiguous and confusing. He demanded that the five-count indictment charging him with lying to a grand jury be tossed out. Bonds has pleaded not guilty. In the filing, prosecutors said Bonds was specifically told before he began testifying in 2003 that he could consult with his lawyers or ask for a question rephrased if he ever got confused. "Bonds never said he was confused or asked the prosecutor to rephrase a question," the government's filing stated. Instead, they said their questions left no doubt that they were asking Bonds about his drug use and his relationship with personal trainer Greg Anderson. Prosecutors said "as the evidence at trial will show, each count charges that Bonds repeatedly lied in answering the same question or questions on the same subject matter." The matter will be the subject of a court hearing Feb. 29. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cartman 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2008 Another great moment for the American Media Machine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celtic Guardian 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2008 Hey, Roger can't have all the fun now. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3246542 False alarm. The report was in error, based on a court typographic snafu. The referred test was in 2000, not 2001. AP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.B. Buzzkill 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2008 Hey, Roger can't have all the fun now. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3246542 False alarm. The report was in error, based on a court typographic snafu. The referred test was in 2000, not 2001. AP Awesome. Nice jorb, feds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
