April 11, 2011, 5:35 PM
The jury in the Barry Bonds perjury trial heard a reading of key testimony Monday, then deliberated for the rest of the day without announcing a verdict. After getting the case on Friday, the eight women and four men on the panel had told Judge Susan Illston they wanted to listen again to the...
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April 9, 2011, 6:08 PM
For Barry Bonds’ jury, it can’t be an easy call. They’ve been asked to sort out a fiercely contested legal fight in which the evidence – depending on how it’s viewed – could support either an outright exoneration or a cascade of guilty verdicts. If the...
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April 8, 2011, 4:37 PM
Barry Bonds’ jury listened intently to a recording of trainer Greg Anderson describing the banned drugs he said he was providing to the former Giants star in 2003. After that, the panel asked federal Judge Susan Illston for a reading of the testimony of former personal shopper Kathy...
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April 7, 2011, 6:37 PM
Barry Bonds was a “secret” steroid user, and the secret of his drug use “was so powerful” that it impelled the former Giants star to lie under oath about it, a federal prosecutor charged. But Bonds’ defense lawyer countered that the government had brought the jury...
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April 7, 2011, 12:46 PM
Barry Bonds was a “secret” steroid user, and the secret of his drug use “was so powerful” that it impelled the former Giants star to lie under oath, a federal prosecutor charged Thursday. But Bonds’ defense lawyer countered that the government had brought the...
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April 6, 2011, 7:07 PM
The prosecutors who have portrayed Barry Bonds as a steroid cheat and the defense lawyers who contend he is being framed are set to square off tomorrow in San Francisco federal court. Testimony in the perjury trial of baseball’s home run champion came to an abrupt end today when defense...
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April 6, 2011, 9:56 AM
Barry Bonds’ lawyers rested their defense case Wednesday without calling the former Giants star – or anyone else – to the witness stand. “The defense rests,” lead defense lawyer Allen Ruby told Judge Susan Illston shortly after 9 a.m. Final arguments in Bonds...
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April 5, 2011, 6:39 PM
Prosecutors rested their perjury case against Barry Bonds today after the judge refused to let the jury hear a secret tape of the slugger’s ex-business manager and his surgeon discussing the BALCO steroids raid. In more than two weeks of trial, the government called more than a dozen...
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April 5, 2011, 12:33 PM
The judge in Barry Bonds’ perjury trial refused Tuesday to let the jury hear a secret tape of the slugger’s former business manager and his surgeon discussing Bonds and steroids. Judge Susan Illston said that the newly discovered tape was “barely intelligible” and would...
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April 4, 2011, 11:28 AM
A key prosecution witness says he has found a secret tape recording that may prove whether Barry Bonds’ physician discussed the former Giants star's use of steroids. A prosecutor in Bonds’ trial on perjury charges revealed the surprise discovery of the tape to federal...
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March 31, 2011, 6:30 PM
Barry Bonds’ ex-personal shopper said she saw trainer Greg Anderson inject Bonds in the abdomen before a Giants road trip in 2002. But Bonds’ former orthopedic surgeon undercut key aspects of the prosecution's case, flatly denying he had ever discussed the slugger’s...
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March 31, 2011, 12:15 PM
An orthopedic surgeon acknowledged Thursday that he provided literature about steroids to Barry Bonds’ business manager before the Giants star had surgery for an elbow injury in 1999. But the surgeon, Dr. Arthur Ting, otherwise contradicted important aspects of the business manager...
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March 30, 2011, 6:20 PM
A former infielder for the Oakland A’s and New York Yankees testified today that Barry Bonds’ trainer sold him banned drugs and gave him injections before and during baseball’s 2002 season. Randy Velarde was the fourth – and last – baseball player to testify for...
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March 30, 2011, 12:39 PM
A former utility infielder for the Oakland A’s and New York Yankees testified Wednesday that Barry Bonds’ trainer sold him banned drugs and gave him injections* before and during baseball’s 2002 season. Randy Velarde, who also played for the California Angels and Texas...
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March 29, 2011, 7:37 PM
Jason Giambi, the former New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics slugger, testified today that he got undetectable steroids and other banned drugs from Barry Bonds’ weight trainer. Giambi, now a first baseman for the Colorado Rockies, was the first of three baseball players who testified...
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