According to FOX Sports.com, Barry Bonds’ one-time personal trainer, Greg Anderson, is still refusing to cooperate with federal authorities upon his release from prison late last week.
Anderson, 41, could be called upon to testify if Bonds goes to trial on perjury and obstruction of justice charges related to alleged steroids use. This time, Anderson could be charged with criminal contempt if he refuses to cooperate. Attorneys Paula Canny and Mark Geragos told The Daily News in New York their client will not relent. “He’s never going to testify,” Geragos said.
Unlike the civil contempt charges, which kept Anderson in jail while the grand jury investigating Bonds was active, criminal contempt charges could mean a longer sentence. He would first have to be indicted and then found guilty in a trial. Canny says she admires Anderson for his consistency and resilience.
“I know that some people think that Greg is displaced,” Canny said. “I don’t think it’s my position to judge, but whatever his position is, whatever it is that can make him be able to be most comfortable with who he is, we have to support.”
He’s comfortable with who he is because Bonds probably told him he has a huge pay day coming as long as he keeps his mouth shut. There’s nothing noble about Anderson’s silent treatment.
