Sports Desk
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GOVERNMENT MAY BE PREPARING CASE AGAINST BONDS Federal prosecutors may be pursuing a perjury case against San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, stemming from his denials of steroid use during a federal grand jury appearance in 2003, multiple according to a report by CNN.
For more than a month, a different federal grand jury has been hearing evidence about whether Bonds may have lied during his testimony on December 4, 2003, the sources told CNN.The U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco would neither confirm nor deny that a grand jury has been hearing testimony about Bonds. Bonds’s lawyers were unaware that a grand jury had been convened, said Harry Stern, a spokesman for his legal team.
Bonds, who now ranks third in career home runs, has steadfastly maintained he never knowingly used steroids. He was one of several prominent athletes called to testify as part of an investigation into BALCO, a San Francisco Bay Area laboratory accused of distributing steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
– Associated Press
