Barry Bonds' personal trainer ordered released from jail
Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds' personal trainer who was jailed for refusing to testify against the home run king, was ordered released Friday following the end of testimony in Bonds' federal perjury trial.
Anderson was jailed for contempt at the start of the trial three weeks ago. The convicted steroid dealer had already served nearly two years behind bars, mostly for refusing to cooperate in the government investigation of Bonds.
Bonds is accused of lying when he told a grand jury in 2003 that he did not knowingly take steroids or human growth hormone.
The government alleged that Anderson provided Bonds with illegal steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. Bonds contended Anderson told him the substances were flaxseed oil and arthritis cream.
A jury of eight woman and four men began deliberating Bonds' fate Friday morning.
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-- Maura Dolan in San Francisco
Photo: Greg Anderson, Barry Bonds' former personal trainer, smiling as he leaves a federal courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2009. Anderson was released Friday. Credit: Paul Sakuma / Associated Press
EDITOR'S PICKS:
I guess he would rather go back to jail for a bit than rat out hid friend for doing steroids.
Posted by: Shon | April 08, 2011 at 03:48 PM
now its pay day...barry get your check book
Posted by: free thinker | April 08, 2011 at 04:10 PM
This whole thing is ridiculous. This should be a matter between Barry Bonds and Major League Baseball. Another waste of our taxpayer dollars.
Posted by: Ca Commentor | April 13, 2011 at 02:44 PM
Just more proof that most if not all records set in the 80's and beyond are tainted by the drug heads who further tarnish their reputations by lying about it. Anderson did stand by his man Barry by spending the time in jail. Pay off time for sure now.
MLB...get out the eraser and pull the records for Bonds and the other cheaters or at least put their statistics under the heading of "Steriod Users" in the record book. Flax seed oil indeed... Who knew you could gain 60 pounds of muscle with Flax seed oil... ?
Posted by: bc | April 13, 2011 at 09:33 PM