Federal prosecutors hope that the judge Reggie Walton will permit the former first baseman of the Major League Baseball David Segui to present testimony in the trial linked with the case of Roger Clemens. This person had a conversation with Brian McNamee, the former personal trainer of Roger Clemens. It is stated that they have spoken about usage of steroids by the former baseball star.
The former personal trainer of Roger Clemens was called to testify against his client because he turned out to be the only person who had direct knowledge about application of steroids and other related medicines by Clemens. Furthermore, he kept injection equipment: vials, syringes and needles which were allegedly mixed with Roger Clemens’ blood. DNA analysis was made in order to confirm whether it was Clemens’ blood.
Rusty Hardin, a defense attorney for Roger Clemens, claimed that the steroid evidence was created by Brian McNamee after the interrogation by federal prosecutors.
But prosecutors confirmed that David Segui told them that Brian McNamee said that he kept several things as evidence of steroid use by some players in 2001. It was several years before the former trainer of Roger Clemens became the target of the investigation.
Information provided by Segui to federal prosecutors differed significantly from that presented to the sportswriter Jim Baumbach. His statements provided to the sportswriter were published in an article in 2008. According to that article, Segui claimed that he had never spoken about steroids with his friend Brian McNamee.
Segui found out about involvement of Brian McNamee into the trial of Roger Clemens only in 2006, when he read a piece of news in the Los Angeles Times.
David Segui discussed openly about personal usage of steroids and other related medications. He said that Major League Baseball players asked him numerous times whether he had administered steroids. The former Major League Baseball first baseman acknowledged that he had administered them. But David Segui noticed that he had never discussed about administration of steroids with Brian McNamee.
David Segui supported the decision of McNamee to keep evidence about administration of banned products by his clients. According to Segui, it is a right decision because sometimes innocent persons are blamed but guilty persons are covered. So, Brian McNamee could help to reveal the truth.
Although the judge Walton was asked to permit David Segui to provide testimony in the trial related to Roger Clemens, it is unclear yet whether the judge will allow it.
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