Barry Bonds who was indicted for perjury during a 2003 hearing before a grand jury back in 2007 and his trial finally got under way this week. Bonds' defense has centered on the fact that he did not at the time know that what his trainer was giving him were steroids and he was simply ignorant. His defense has made him out to be a victim and cites that they key testimonies that will be brought against the slugger including an ex-girlfriend only came forward after their relationships with Bonds had soured.
The biggest news from the first day of the trial however came from Bonds' lifelong friend Greg Anderson who again refused to testify against Bonds and was immediately held in contempt. Anderson will be forced to spend the remainder of the trial in jail for his actions. This will be the third time Anderson will spend time in jail for refusing to testify against Bonds. Anderson was the go-between for Bonds and the BALCO lab that supplied Bonds with the PEDs he used.
The recommended sentence for the charges Bonds faces is thought to be around 15-21 months in prison but it is unknown how severely the court will come down on Bonds. Without the testimony of Anderson Bonds may be able to evade a significant sentence thanks to his high-priced defense team and lack of concrete evidence against him.
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