Barry Bonds prosecutors deliver witness list

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Federal prosecutors revealed in a court filing today that they anticipate calling ‘several witnesses’ next month who will testify about seeing Barry Bonds ‘being injected and about statements the defendant [Bonds] made admitting his use of steroids.’

The government, which is preparing for a perjury and obstruction-of-justice trial in March against baseball’s all-time home run king, identified the witnesses as ‘the defendant’s mistress’ (that would be Kimberly Bell), former personal assistants and a former teammate. A previous report identified one of Bonds’ ex-teammates with the San Francisco Giants, Bobby Estalella, as that player.

The government delivered a witness list, under seal, that indicates that ‘another witness will ... testify about incriminating statements by the defendant related to [personal trainer Greg] Anderson‘s steroid dealing,’ along with money and doping calendars found at Anderson’s home with Bonds’ name or initials on them. Bonds, the government said, made the statements in 2003.

We’ll have more on this story later on latimes.com/sports.

-- Lance Pugmire