Source: https://www.casewatch.net/doj/bonds/indictment.shtml
Timestamp: 2019-06-26 16:43:22
Document Index: 128797619

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1623', '§ 1503', '§ 6003', '§ 0', '§ 1623', '§ 1623', '§ 1623', '§ 1503']

Barry Bonda Indicted
Laura BrUnited Kingdom.
VIOLATIONS: 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a)­Perjury;
18 U .S.C. § 1503 - Obstruction of Justice
FILED NOV 15, 2007
1. The defendant, BARRY LAMAR BONDS ("Bonds"), was a Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants.
2. Balco Laboratories, Inc. ("Balco"), was a California corporation performing blood-testing, among other functions. Baleo was located in Burlingame, California.
3. Greg Anderson ("Anderson") was a personal athletic trainer whose clients included numerous professional athletes, including Bonds. Anderson was affiliated with Balco in that, among other things, he: obtained illegal drugs for later distribution to his clients (including professional athletes); submitted biological specimens from his clients to Balco for testing (including sending the specimens off to outside laboratories for analysis); and obtained the laboratory analysis results of those specimens from Baleo.
4. A federal criminal investigation ("the criminal investigation"), led by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division ("IRS-CIO"), commenced in the Northern District of California concerning Balco' s distribution of anabolic steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs and the related money laundering of proceeds from the drug distributions. The criminal investigation initially resulted in an indictment and the convictions of four defendants on federal charges, including illegal drug distribution and money laundering offenses.
5. One focus of the criminal investigation, among others, concerned whether Balco, Anderson, and others were engaged in illegal drug distribution and money laundering arising from distributions of illegal drugs to professional athletes and others.
6. As part of the criminal investigation, on or about September 3,2003, federal search warrants, issued in the Northern District of California, were executed. Among other things, investigators obtained evidence concerning Bonds and his relationship with Anderson and Balco.
7. As part of the criminal investigation, several professional athletes, including but not limited to Bonds, along with other witnesses, were subpoenaed before the Federal Grand Jury to provide, among other things, testimony about their knowledge and involvement with Balco and its employees, including but not limited to Victor Conte and James Valente, as well as any relationship with Anderson.
8. On or about December 4,2003, Bonds testified before the Grand Jury. Bonds received an Order of Immunity for his Grand Jury testimony, pursuant to 18 U.S.c. § 6003 and 28 C.F.R. § 0.175, and was informed that pursuant to that order neither his testimony nor any information directly or indirectly derived from his testimony could be used against him in any criminal case except a prosecution for perjury, false declaration, or otherwise failing to comply with the Court's order.
COUNT ONE: (18 U.S.C. § 1623(a) - Perjury)
10. The factual allegations contained in paragraphs one through nine above are incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
11. On or about December 4, 2003, in the Northern District of California, the defendant,
having taken an oath to testify truthfully in a proceeding before a Grand Jury sitting in the Northern District of California, unlawfully, willfully, knowingly, and contrary to such oath, did make false material declarations, that is, he gave the following underlined false testimony:
Q: I know the answer - - let me ask you this again. I know we kind of got the into this. Let me be real clear about this. Did he [Anderson] ever give you anything that you knew to be a steroid? Did he ever give a steroid?
(a) A: Not that I know of
Q: Okay. So, I got to ask, Mr. Bonds. There's this number associated on a document with your name, and corresponding to Barry B. on the other document, and it does have these two listed anabolic steroids as testing positive in connection with it. 00 you follow my question?
Q: So, I guess I got to ask the question again, I mean, did you take steroids? And specifically this test the is in November of 2000. So, I'm going to ask you in the weeks and months leading up to November 2000, were you taking steroids -
(b) A: No.
Q: - - or anything like that?
(c) A: No. I wasn't at all. I've never seen these documents. I've never seen these papers.
Okay. Were you obtaining testosterone from Mr. Anderson during this period of time?
(d) Not at all. at all.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1623(a).
COUNT TWO: (18 U.S.C. § 1623(a) - Perjury)
12. The factual allegations contained in paragraphs one through nine above are incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
13. On or about December 4, 2003, in the Northern District of California, the defendant,
A: I've only had one doctor touch me. And that's my only personal doctor. Greg, like I said, we don't get into each others' personal lives. We're friends, but I don't - we don't sit around and talk baseball, because he knows I don't want - don't come to my house talking baseball. If you want to come to my house and talk about fishing, some other stuff, we'll be good friends. You come around talking about baseball, you go on. I don't talk about his business. You know what I mean?
A: Well, there's other doctors from surgeries. I can answer that question, if you're getting technical like that. Sure, there are other people that have stuck needles in me and have drawn out - - I've had a bunch of surgeries, yes.
Q: - - the team physician, when you've had surgery, and your own personal physician. But no other individuals like Mr. Anderson or any associates of his?
(e) A: No, no.
Q: And, again, I guess we've covered this, but - - and did he [Anderson] ever give you anything that he told you had to be taken with a needle or syringe?
A: Greg wouldn't do that. He knows I'm against that stuff. So, he would never come up to me - - he would never jeopardize our friendship like that.
Q: Okay. So, just so I'm clear, the answer is no to that, he never gave you anything like that
(b) A: Right
COUNT THREE: (18 U.S.C. § 1623(a) - Perjury)
14. The factual allegations contained in paragraphs one through nine above are incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
15. On or about December 4,2003, in the Northern District of California, the defendant,
(a) A: No
Q: And, again, just to be clear and then I'll leave it, but he [Anderson] never gave you anything that you understood to be human growth hormone? Did he ever give you anything like that?
(b) A: No
COUNT FOUR: (I8 U.S.C. § I 623(a) - Perjury)
16. The factual allegations contained in paragraphs one through nine above are incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
17. On or about December 4, ß2003, in the Northern District of California, the defendant,
A: This year, in 2003 - - at the end of 2002, 2003 season, when I was going through - - my dad died of cancer, you know, and everyone knows that.
I was fatigued, tired, just needed recovery, you know. And this guy says: "Try this cream, try this cream." And Greg came to the ballpark and he said, you know: "This will help you recover," and he rubbed some cream on my arm, like, some lotion-type stuff, and, like, gave me some flax seed oil, that's what he called it, called it some flax seed oil, man. It's, like:" Whatever, dude."
(a) A: Not until 2003, this season.
Q: And - - all right. So, how many times approximately do you think you got these tubes with what Mr. Anderson told you was flax seed oil?
(b) A: Yes, 2003, because I was battling with the problems with my father and the - - just the lack of sleep, lack of everything.
Q: Mr. Anderson had never given you anything or asked you to take anything before the 2003 season; is that right?
A: We never had those discussions. We don't discuss about his -- you know, part of his world of business is his business. My business is my business. So, we don't--
Q: I'm asking --
Q: That's not my question. My question is - -
Q: - - prior to the last season, you never took anything that he asked you to take, other than vitamins?
A: Right. We didn't have any other discussions.
(d) A: No, no, no, not at all. Not at all.
Q: Okay. So, first of all, Mr. Bonds, I guess I want to recheck with you or ask you again exactly when you started getting the - - what I'll call the recovery items, what you understood to be flax seed oil and the cream, when you started getting that from Greg Anderson. I think that you said - - but please correct me if I'm wrong - - that you thought it was prior to this current baseball season.
But let me ask, I mean, is it possible it's actually a year before, after the 2000 - ­well, actually two years before, after the 200 I season? Because this first calendar is dated December 200 I with "BB" on it and its got a number of entries that I'd like to ask you about.
Were you getting items during that period of time from Greg?
(f) A: No. Like I said, I don't recall having anything like this at all during that time of year. It was toward the end of 2000, after the World Series, you know, when my father was going through cancer.
Q: In December 2001.
A: No. Like I said, I recall it being toward the end of 2002 - - 2002, after 2002 season.
(g) A: And that's what I recall.
And you weren't getting this flax seed oil stuff during that period of time [January 2002]?
A: Not that I can recall. Like I say, I could be wrong. But I'm - - I'm - - going from my recollection it was, like, in the 2002 time and 2003 season.
COUNT FIVE: (18 U.S.C. § 1503 - Obstruction of Justice)
18. The factual allegations contained in paragraphs one through nine above are incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
19. On or about December 4, 2003, in the Northern District of California, and elsewhere, the defendant,
unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly, did corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due administration of justice, by knowingly giving Grand Jury testimony that was intentionally evasive, false, and misleading, that is:
(a) The false statements made by the defendant as charged in Counts 1-4 of this indictment; and
(b) Evasive and misleading testimony.
DATED: Nov 15, 2007
This article was revised on November 21, 2007.