Judge gives Bonds? trainer option: Testify or go to jail
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If Greg Anderson refuses to testify, he will be sent back to prison for contempt of court.
Anderson has served time twice in less than a year in connection with a Bay Area-based performance-enhancing drug ring linked to some of the world?s top athletes, including Bonds, Yankees star Jason Giambi and sprinter Tim Montgomery.
The 40-year-old Anderson has promised to remain quiet. If he continues to do so, he could be held until he either agrees to testify, or the grand jury?s term expires in 17 months or Judge William Alsup becomes convinced that he will never break his vow of silence.
Anderson spent 15 days in prison last month for refusing to testify, but was freed after that grand jury?s term expired.
He also served three months in prison and three months of home detention after pleading guilty to steroid distribution and money laundering stemming from the government?s investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which allegedly supplied Bonds and other athletes with performance-enhancing drugs.
Anderson has refused four times to testify before federal grand juries investigating Bonds.
Government lawyers are investigating whether Bonds lied under oath when he told an earlier grand jury he didn?t know whether the substances Anderson gave him were steroids.
The grand jury investigation also reportedly is focused on whether the San Francisco Giants outfielder, second on baseball?s home run list, paid taxes on the sale of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sports memorabilia.
The New York Times reported last month that the grand jury is also looking into the possible involvement of Trevor Graham, the track coach of sprinters Marion Jones and Justin Gatlin. Gatlin, 100-meter co-world record holder, tested positive this year for elevated testosterone.