Roger Clemens to be Indicted by Federal Authorities

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NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — According to The New York Times website, Roger Clemens will be indicted by federal authorities on charges of false statements to Congress regarding his usage of performance enhancing drugs.

Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee, had testified under oath at a hearing in front of a House committee on 2008. During that time, Brian told baseball investigator George Mitchell and the committee that Roger was using steroids and growth hormone for better performance. In fact, he was giving regular injection to Roger in between year 1998-2001. But, Clemens contradicted Brian’s statement by saying that McNamee was lying. At that point, McNamee reached a deal with federal authorities to avoid prosecution for steroid distribution.

The hearing came only after McNamee had linked Clemens to banned substances in George Mitchell’s report on baseball players’ use of performance-enhancing drugs. So, Clemens and his defense team started challenging McNamee’s credibility. They even went on saying that McNamee had cooked up the evidence to tarnish Roger’s reputation. Clemens sued McNamee for defamation, but a federal judge in Texas dismissed most of Clemens’ claims against McNamee last year. Earlier this month, a federal appeals court affirmed the decision.

Clemens, 48, struck out 4,672 batters over 24 seasons, winning the Cy Young Award seven times with the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros. He appeared in the World Series six times, winning championships with the Yankees in 1999 and 2000.

Clemens last pitched in the major leagues in 2007, with the Yankees in the American League Division Series.