Former Major League Baseball first baseman will testify against Roger Clemens

Federal prosecutors asked the judge Reggie Walton to permit the former first baseman of the Major League Baseball David Segui to provide testimony in the trial connected with the case of Roger Clemens. This player had a conversation with Brian McNamee, the former personal trainer of Roger Clemens. It is stated that they have discussed about steroid use by the former celebrated baseball player.
The former personal trainer of Roger Clemens was called to testify against his client because he turned out to be the only person that had direct knowledge about application of steroids and other related drugs by Roger Clemens. Furthermore, Brian McNamee stored injection equipment: vials, syringes and needles which were allegedly mixed with Roger Clemens’ blood. DNA analysis was conducted in order to confirm whether the blood belonged really to Clemens.
Rusty Hardin, a defense attorney for Roger Clemens, claimed that the steroid evidence was thought up by Brian McNamee after the questioning by federal prosecutors.
But prosecutors noted that David Segui told them that Brian McNamee said that he saved certain things as evidence of steroid use by some players in 2001. It was several years before Roger Clemens’ former trainer became the target of the investigation.
Information presented by Segui to federal prosecutors differed entirely from that presented to Jim Baumbach, a sportswriter. His words provided to Jim Baumbach were published in an article in 2008. According to that article, David Segui claimed that he had never spoken about steroids with his friend Brian McNamee.
David Segui learnt about implication of Brian McNamee into the trial of Roger Clemens only in 2006, when he read an article in the Los Angeles Times.
David Segui discussed openly about personal usage of steroids and other related medicines. He said that he had been asked many times by players of the Major League Baseball whether he had taken steroids. The former Major League Baseball first baseman acknowledged that he had applied them. But David Segui confirmed that he had never discussed about intake of steroids with Brian McNamee.
David Segui supported McNamee’s decision to keep evidence about administration of forbidden medications by his clients. According to Segui, it is a right decision because sometimes innocent persons are blamed but guilty persons are covered. So, Brian McNamee could help to reveal the truth.
Although the judge Walton was asked to permit David Segui to testify in the trial linked with Roger Clemens, it is unclear yet whether the judge will allow it.