Roger Clemens could faced defamation charges by Brian McNamee
by admin ~ April 13th, 2009.
In another news-making gossip style, Brian McNamee filed a defamation case against Roger Clemens. The summons served by McNamee, the former trainer, notified that he reserved the right to take legal action against the former Yankee pitcher for defamation. McNamee’s lawyers’ representatives gave the summons last week at the Rocket’s home in the Memorial section of Houston.
It seems that McNamee’s defamation complaint is based on the comments of Clemens, in which he challenged the truthfulness of the trainer. His comments also include an interview on “60 Minutes” and statements to the congressional committee investigating a steroid report led by former Sen.
However, in the report “George Mitchell,” the trainer admitted that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. In the very same night, the Yankee pitcher made appearance on “60 Minutes” and filed a defamation suit against McNamee.
From The Daily News:
Brian McNamee has served Roger Clemens with a summons notifying him he is reserving the right to sue the former Yankee pitcher for defamation, continuing the bitter and long-running war between the two men.
Representatives of McNamee’s lawyers served the summons last week at the Rocket’s home in the Memorial section of Houston.
If a defamation complaint is filed by McNamee, it would be based partly on comments Clemens made about the trainer challenging his truthfulness, including in an interview on “60 Minutes” in 2008, and to the congressional committee investigating a steroid report by former Sen. George Mitchell in which McNamee claimed he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. Clemens filed his own defamation suit against McNamee the same night the pitcher appeared on “60 Minutes.”
“It is a suit for damages to Brian, based on allegations Clemens made to Congress and in the press,” said Earl Ward, one of McNamee’s lawyers.
“It is a suit for damages to Brian, based on allegations Clemens made to Congress and in the press,” says Earl Ward, one of McNamee’s lawyers. The “endorsed summons” officially notified Clemens about a complaint that attorneys of McNamee quietly filed in a Queens courthouse in December. Summon preserved the trainer’s right to sue the pitcher within a statute of limitations.
Despite of the main reason behind the summons, one point is cleared that this specific move of McNamee would definitely add problems to Clemens’s already existing legal troubles. Clemens, for more than a year, has been under investigation by the Justice Department for perjury of allegedly lying to Congress.
Category: Anabolic Steroids | Tags: Brian McNamee, George Mitchell, Roger Clemens, steroids