01/04: Clemens Admits to Receiving (Non-Steroid/HGH) Injections from McNamee
Posted by: Patrick
The 60 Minutes site has released some quotes from next Sunday's interview with Roger Clemens. He admits to receiving injections from Brian McNamee, but says that they were not steroids or human growth hormone - they were B12 and Lidocaine. They have video of him saying this at the site. Though, as a commenter at the 60 Minutes site points out - it doesn't quite sound like he's saying Lidocaine. Still, it may be a slip of the tongue.
In the interview, he swears that he has never used any banned substances.
In response, McNamee's lead attorney had this to say:
And Clemens attorney had something to say about that:
The article also states that, according to another attorney representating McNamee, that an admission that he had received injections from McNamee could be enough to deter a lawsuit against Clemens.
Via Peter Abraham.
In the interview, he swears that he has never used any banned substances.
In response, McNamee's lead attorney had this to say:
However, Clemens’s version was immediately disputed by McNamee’s lead lawyer, Earl Ward, in a telephone interview Thursday evening. “The only injections he ever gave Clemens were for steroids and human growth hormone,” Ward said of McNamee, adding that he had spoken with his client after Clemens’s CBS comments became public earlier in the day and that McNamee had reiterated his previous allegations.
And Clemens attorney had something to say about that:
Reached by telephone late Thursday, Hardin responded to Ward’s assertions that McNamee only injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, saying: “Mr. Ward is responding in a way that reflects that he believes his client. Hallelujah and blessings to him. However, at the end of the day, everyone is going to discover Mr. Ward is wrong.”
The article also states that, according to another attorney representating McNamee, that an admission that he had received injections from McNamee could be enough to deter a lawsuit against Clemens.
Via Peter Abraham.
The Ed(itor) wrote:
The only reason his lawyer is making noise is to keep McNamee out of jail. If he lied about about Clemens doing steroids, he is off to jail.