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LAWYER: JASON GRIMSLEY IS A PAWN, FEDS ARE AFTER BARRY BONDS

Grimsley's lawyer says feds after Bonds - Baseball - MSNBC.com

This story gets curiouser and curiouser. Jason Grimsley's lawyer is

now asserting that his client was a merely a tool for the feds to get

more evidence on Barry Bonds.

Grimsley's lawyer, Edward Novak, said the authorities tried to get

Grimsley to wear a wire in order to implicate Bonds in further

trouble.

Jason Grimsley, who was cut by the Arizona Diamondbacks on

Wednesday after admitting to steroid use, was only a pawn in

federal agents' attempt to gather evidence against Barry Bonds,

Grimsley's attorney told the Arizona Republic.

According to Grimsley's lawyer Edward F. Novak, the feds tried to

pressure Grimsley into wearing a listening device to lure other

players into

confidential conversations, all in an effort to find evidence

against Bonds of

steroid use.

"It was a specific effort to target Bonds," Novak told the

Republic.

"We were told that Jason's cooperation was necessary to their

case."

Grimsley denied that he named names.

Novak denied reports that Grimsley volunteered names of other users

to the feds, saying that instead, agents asked the pitcher about

specific athletes and what he knew about their drug habits.

"They asked him specifically about Barry Bonds and Jason said he

didn't know Bonds well and didn't know if he did or didn't use

drugs," Novak told the Republic. "There is a lot in the affidavit

that my client would dispute."

But his client wouldn't dispute, Novak said, that he used steroids

himself.

Grimsley's defense is that he took steroids, but he's no rat.

posted by Mel Ott at 3:05 AM

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