Sports Note: Barry Bonds Indicted
SAN FRANCISCO- Barry Bonds has more to worry about than an asterisk now. Just three months ago, the former San Francisco Giants star angrily defended himself against steroid allegations on the night he surpassed Hank Aaron to become baseball’s home run king.
“This record is not tainted at all,” Bonds declared. “At all. Period.”
On Thursday, his very freedom was put in jeopardy when a federal grand jury indicted him on five felony counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, charges that could result in a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison if he’s convicted.
The indictment culminated a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes.
The 10-page indictment mainly consists of excerpts from Bonds’ December 2003 testimony before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO. It cites 19 occasions in which Bonds allegedly lied under oath.
Bonds is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Dec. 7.
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If there’s any justice left in this world, Barry Bonds will become assistant potato peeler in the penitentiary and have O.J. as a bunkmate for life.
November 16th, 2007 at 9:05 amBarry B*nds
November 16th, 2007 at 10:04 amExcellent. Just what MLB needs as a reality check. It’s been playing wink-wink nudge-nudge for decades.
November 17th, 2007 at 1:04 am