Andy Pettitte has agreed to be testify before Congress about steroid use in baseball, and that’s not good news for Roger Clemens:
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Andy Pettitte’s former personal trainer said Tuesday he believes the pitcher will tell Congress he discussed human growth hormone with Roger Clemens between the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
The lawyer, Earl Ward, said Pettitte talked about HGH with trainer Brian McNamee following a conversation with Clemens, who has denied that he used HGH or steroids. McNamee worked with both Clemens and Pettitte.
“We’re hopeful based on Andy’s reputation that he will corroborate Brian’s statements with regard to Roger,” Ward said in a telephone interview.
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Ward said the discussion he was referring to occurred at Clemens’ house.
“Based on what we know, there was a situation where Andy was speaking to Roger in Brian’s presence, then Andy came over to Brian and essentially said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me about this stuff?’ He referred to HGH,” Ward said. “Brian discouraged him and then several months later, when he (Pettitte) got injured, he came back and asked Brian about it, and that’s when Brian injected him. We believe that based on the fact that Andy came to Brian and asked him about HGH, it was Roger who told Andy about HGH and that’s why he asked Brian about it.”
Richard Emery, another lawyer for McNamee, said his client and Pettitte also discussed steroids use by Clemens.
“Pettitte is certainly going to tell the truth and if he tells the truth everything will be fine,” Emery said.
Fine for him, not so fine for the Rocket.
