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Newspaper Says Anderson Talked About Slugger Using Undetectable Steroid
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 16) -- Baseball star Barry Bonds took an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, his weight trainer said on a secretly recorded tape, The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Saturday.
Greg Anderson, a longtime friend of the San Francisco Giants player, also said he expected to be tipped off before Bonds would have to take a drug test aimed at catching athletes who use steroids, the Chronicle reported.
Anderson is a central figure in a professional sports steroids case that has focused on the San Francisco-area BALCO nutritional laboratory. The accused have pleaded not guilty.
"The whole thing is, everything that I've been doing at this point, it's all undetectable," Anderson said on the tape, the newspaper reported.
"It's going to be in either the end of May or beginning of June," the paper quoted Anderson as saying in reference to Bonds' drug test. "So after the All-Star break... we're like (expletive) clear."
The paper said the nine-minute recording, which was apparently made early in the baseball season, was provided by a source familiar with Anderson who asked not to be identified.
Reached on his mobile phone by Reuters, Anderson declined to comment on the report.
His lawyer, Anna Ling, said the voice on the recording did not sound like Anderson's, and that a 90-second portion of the tape she reviewed was full of gaps and background noise.
Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, did not immediately return a message left at his office. Rains told the Chronicle that the tape was "simply another below-the-belt bash of Barry Bonds."
Anderson has admitted in court documents to using steroids himself while he was a body builder, but has denied giving performance-enhancing drugs to Bonds.
Bonds, who says he never used steroids, has hit 703 home runs in his career, just 11 behind Yankee great Babe Ruth and 52 behind the record held by Hank Aaron.
The release of the tape will likely lead to more calls by BALCO defendants to dismiss charges against them.
Robert Holley, attorney for BALCO founder Victor Conte, accused prosecutors of repeatedly leaking details of the case to the media. Holley said he already has asked for a dismissal of the case based on other leaks.
The Anderson tape may be "the straw that broke the camel's back," Holley told Reuters. "It makes it much more difficult for my client to get a fair trial."
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 16) -- Baseball star Barry Bonds took an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, his weight trainer said on a secretly recorded tape, The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Saturday.
Greg Anderson, a longtime friend of the San Francisco Giants player, also said he expected to be tipped off before Bonds would have to take a drug test aimed at catching athletes who use steroids, the Chronicle reported.
Anderson is a central figure in a professional sports steroids case that has focused on the San Francisco-area BALCO nutritional laboratory. The accused have pleaded not guilty.
"The whole thing is, everything that I've been doing at this point, it's all undetectable," Anderson said on the tape, the newspaper reported.
"It's going to be in either the end of May or beginning of June," the paper quoted Anderson as saying in reference to Bonds' drug test. "So after the All-Star break... we're like (expletive) clear."
The paper said the nine-minute recording, which was apparently made early in the baseball season, was provided by a source familiar with Anderson who asked not to be identified.
Reached on his mobile phone by Reuters, Anderson declined to comment on the report.
His lawyer, Anna Ling, said the voice on the recording did not sound like Anderson's, and that a 90-second portion of the tape she reviewed was full of gaps and background noise.
Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, did not immediately return a message left at his office. Rains told the Chronicle that the tape was "simply another below-the-belt bash of Barry Bonds."
Anderson has admitted in court documents to using steroids himself while he was a body builder, but has denied giving performance-enhancing drugs to Bonds.
Bonds, who says he never used steroids, has hit 703 home runs in his career, just 11 behind Yankee great Babe Ruth and 52 behind the record held by Hank Aaron.
The release of the tape will likely lead to more calls by BALCO defendants to dismiss charges against them.
Robert Holley, attorney for BALCO founder Victor Conte, accused prosecutors of repeatedly leaking details of the case to the media. Holley said he already has asked for a dismissal of the case based on other leaks.
The Anderson tape may be "the straw that broke the camel's back," Holley told Reuters. "It makes it much more difficult for my client to get a fair trial."