Performance enhancing drug paraphernalia was said to have been tested positive for Roger Clemens DNA. This was the report released by the authorities that strengthens trainer, Brian McNamee’s, allegations that Clemens, together with his teammates, Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch, had been using steroids.
If the evidence would stand in court, the DA can charge Clemens of perjury for denying in Congress that he was using PEDs. He does not deny that McNamee had been injecting him with substances but they were not steroids just Vitamin B12 and lidocaine.
For Clemens’ lead lawyer, Rusty Hardin, it was not surprising that McNamee would back his statements by producing evidence to convict his client.
From The New York Times:
“Duh,” he said with exaggeration. “Do you really think McNamee was going to fabricate this stuff and not make sure there were substances on there? The fact is Roger never used steroids or H.G.H.”
When McNamee handed over the materials to federal authorities in January 2008, he said that he had kept them in a Federal Express box in his basement since he had used them to inject Clemens in 2000 and 2001.
The tests on the materials are being conducted at the Los Angeles-area laboratory of Dr. Don Catlin. Since the government began aggressively looking into the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs in 2002, Catlin has been the lead drug-tester for federal prosecutors.
George Mitchell, federal investigator, released a report on the Yankees players. Clemens denies McNamee’s allegations. He then presented a 17 minute recording of his conversation with the latter in a press conference. As proof that he is telling the truth, McNamee produces paraphernalia he used on Clemens. These included vials, injections and gauze pads.
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