Prosecutors say Bonds' former shopper will testify at steroid trial
Federal prosecutors plan to call Barry Bonds' former personal shopper to testify at his trial next month that she saw the slugger's personal trainer inject him.
Prosecutors also said in a court filing Friday that former teammate Bobby Estalella will testify Bonds told him about using performance-enhancing drugs.
Defence attorneys and prosecutors also argued in court documents over whether to ask potential jurors if they were aware of Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used banned substances. Bonds' lawyers want to ask potential jurors about their opinion of Rodriguez, while prosecutors objected.
Bonds' former personal shopper, Kathy Hoskins, is the sister of the home run king's former business partner, Steve Hoskins. She is expected to testify she saw personal trainer Greg Anderson inject the San Francisco Giants star. The filing did not say whether she believed the syringe contained steroids.
Bonds has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied in 2003 to a grand jury when he said he never knowingly used steroids.
Prosecutors also said they plan to call Jason Giambi of the Oakland Athletics, his retired brother, Jeremy, and five other former baseball players: Benito Santiago, Armando Rios, Randy Velarde, Marvin Benard and Estalella.
Prosecutors also said they intend to call former Bonds girlfriend Kimberly Bell and Anderson to the witness stand at Bonds' trial, scheduled to begin March 2.
In several court filings Friday, prosecutors said they plan to have Anderson jailed again if he refuses to testify at the slugger's trial.
Anderson's attorney has said the trainer will refuse to testify. Anderson already has spent more than a year in prison for refusing to testify in front of a federal grand jury investigating Bonds.
A judge could jail Anderson for the duration of the trial, which is expected to last about a month.
Also on Friday, Bonds lawyers said in a court filing they may introduce the 2006 grand jury testimony of Giants general manager Brian Sabean and interviews former 49ers Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens gave to investigators in June 2003.
Sabean testified in 2006 before the grand jury investigating Bonds, and the two wide receivers had connections to Steve Hoskins, who is expected to testify against Bonds at trial.
Rice and Owens had no connection to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and have never been linked to steroid use.
The court filing did not detail how the testimony of Sabean, Rice and Owens could help Bonds.
Steve Hoskins secretly taped a conversation he had with Anderson in front of Bonds' locker in San Francisco in March 2003 during which they appeared to discuss injecting Bonds with steroids. A few months later, Bonds accused Hoskins of stealing money from his memorabilia business, which Hoskins managed.