Guilty Plea in MLB Steroid Case

[LightningRod]

The [censored] is about to hit the fan. Washington Post story.

Former Mets Employee Distributed Steroids

By Amy Shipley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 27, 2007; 4:13 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 -- A former employee of the New York Mets admitted to distributing a variety of performance-enhancing drugs, including anabolic steroids and human growth hormone, to dozens of Major League Baseball players over a 10-year period beginning in 1995, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court Friday.

Kirk J. Radomski, a personal trainer who said he worked for the Mets from 1985-95, agreed to cooperate with the group led by former Sen. George Mitchell that Major League Baseball appointed to investigate drug use in baseball, as part of a plea deal accepted at the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California Friday by Judge Susan Illston.

[BB73]

Just when I thought the Mitchell investigation was just about out of steam.

This will get very interesting.

[Smooth Olaf]

It's about to get very interesting.

[Dryden]

Of all the drugs the 85-95 Mets were on, anabolic steroids would've been my last guess!

[OSU_Buckguy]

good timing.

[OH10]

Yawn.

When the investigation finally exposes the players that juiced, wake me up. I need to know who to boo all year.

[LightningRod]

A NY Times story adds a few more details on the investigation leading to the guilty plea.

[LightningRod]

Latest update.

Records Show More to Come in Steroid Case

By JULIET MACUR
Published: April 29, 2007

The day after one of the most significant breaks in the continuing baseball steroids scandal, information in court documents shows that the federal investigation is far from over.

Court records show that there are at least three more search warrant affidavits, each signed by Jeff Novitzky, an Internal Revenue Service special agent who is investigating drug use in baseball. Novitzky has been the lead investigator in the most prominent steroids distribution cases this decade, including the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case that ensnared dozens of athletes, coaches and suppliers.

con't...

[LightningRod]

Will Barry be indicted before reaching Aaron's record? DAs normally don't bring witnesses in front of grand juries unless the witnesses help their case.

May 1, 2007
Steroids Dealer Testified to the Bonds Grand Jury
By JULIET MACUR

Kirk Radomski, the former Mets clubhouse assistant who has admitted selling performance-enhancing drugs to dozens of current and former professional baseball players, testified last Thursday in front of a federal grand jury investigating steroid use in sports.

Radomski, a personal trainer from Manorville, N.Y., pleaded guilty to distributing steroids and to money laundering last Friday, and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation into drugs and baseball. He apparently made good on that promise one day earlier, when he met with the same federal grand jury that is investigating the slugger Barry Bonds for perjury.

Radomski had been charged April 12, but a federal judge sealed the case until he spoke to the grand jury to protect Radomski from being intimidated or influenced before he spoke to that grand jury, according to The Associated Press, which cited records filed in a San Francisco court.

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[LightningRod]

Baseball action is heating up.

May 5, 2007
Baseball?s Steroid Commission Asks Active Players to Appear

By JULIET MACUR and DAVID E. SANGER
The chairman of the special commission set up to examine the use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball said for the first time yesterday that he has asked a number of active players to appear before the commission, a move that represents a major turning point in the yearlong investigation.
Former Senator George J. Mitchell of Maine, who is overseeing a team of lawyers and investigators working on the case, declined to say how many players had been sent letters requesting their appearance.
But others familiar with elements of the investigation said they believe at least three dozen current and former players were being sought by the panel. The prospect of elite players? being linked to the steroid issue would throw Major League Baseball into considerable turmoil only a month into the season, as players turn to hiring lawyers rather than focusing on hitting and pitching.



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