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0 7 - 0 6 - 2 0 0 6 Feds raid D-Back hurler
Grimsley in HGH probe
By T.J. QUINN
Federal agents raided the home of Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball officials refused to comment last night, but the fallout from the raid will probably be felt for months: when Grimsley was first confronted by agents in April, according to documents, he named names.
Grimsley has not been charged, and sources did not say
what was taken from his house. But according to a search
warrant affidavit obtained by the Daily News, IRS agents
had already seized human growth hormone from Grimsley in
a "low key" search of his home April 19, and he had
admitted using HGH, amphetamines The affidavit said agents were looking for evidence of "Grimsley's and other Major League players' illegal receipt of prescription drugs, anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and amphetamines, the illegal distribution of such drugs, and the money laundering of the proceeds of said transactions."
The April visit and yesterday's raid were led by IRS
special agent Jeff Novitzky,
According to the affidavit, Grimsley was first nailed by
agents when he received a package containing $3,200
worth of HGH in the mail April 19 at his Scottsdale,
Ariz., home. Grimsley, entertaining guests at the time,
agreed to cooperate and showed agents the HGH, and
admitted taking the steroid Deca-Durabolin Another player had received amphetamines from a Colorado physician, the affidavit said. Underscoring the most obvious gap in baseball's drug policy, Grimsley admitted to Novitzky that he started using HGH exclusively once baseball began testing for steroids, according to the affidavit. Grimsley also said he was told that he tested positive in 2003 during baseball's supposedly anonymous "survey" testing program. Grimsley's agent, Joe Bick, said he had spoken to Grimsley but was not prepared to comment. Grimsley's attorney could not be reached, and Major League Baseball spokesman Rich Levin said his office had only recently become aware of the raid and had no comment.
Yesterday's raid, which took place before the
Diamondbacks' home game against Philadelphia, could lead
to another massive doping scandal in baseball, just as
attention to Barry Bonds'
As The News has reported since 2002, HGH has been
popular in clubhouses for years 0 8 - 0 6 - 2 0 0 6 De speed zit in de koffie
Alles wat Jason Grimsley aan agenten heeft verteld ligt op straat. De website
TheSmokingGun.com In het voorjaar van 2006 onderschept de Amerikaanse post twee kits groeihormoon, die zijn bestemd voor baseballspeler Jason Grimsley. Agent Jeff Jeff Novitzky – de schrijver van het gepubliceerd verslag - gaat op 19 april bij de speler langs, en suggereert een deal: jij praat, of wij gaan je huis met veel tam-tam onderzoeken. Grimsley, die op dat moment niet nader gedefinieerde “visite” heeft, gaat akkoord. De agenten brengen hem discreet naar een andere plek, en de sporter praat meteen twee uur aan één stuk. Na een week verbreekt Grimsley via zijn advocaat de samenwerking. Maar dan heeft hij al veel, heel veel verteld. Zoals je misschien hebt gelezen in de kranten gaat deze zaak vooral over groeihormoon. Grimsley en zijn vrienden, leerde Novitzky, gebruiken met voorkeur Serostim. Grimsley, die in het verleden clen (besteld via het web) en deca (goed voor een schouderblessure) had gebruikt, was overgestapt op groeihormoon toen hij bang werd dat de dopingjagers andere middelen zouden opsporen.
Tijdens de gesprekken blijkt dat Grimsley in 2003 is gepakt op anabolen. Nou had
Grimsley lang geleden deca gebruikt, en deca blijft nog
lang aantoonbaar. Grimsley had ook amfetamines gebruikt. ‘Goed spul’, aldus de sporter. De passages over amfetamines zijn gedenkwaardig. Daarom snaaien we ze integraal uit het verslag.
Grimsley noemt namen. Namen van andere sporters, die groeihormoon, anabolen of amfetamines gebruikten. Namen van sporters die amfetamines verkochten. Namen van sporters die hem verwezen naar artsen. Namen van artsen die groeihormoon of zelfs amfetamines leverden. Ze zijn in het verslag op TheSmokingGun allemaal doorgekrast. Het verslag vertelt niet wat er tijdens de huiszoeking bij Jason Grimsley is gevonden. Dat kan ook niet. Het verslag is het document waarmee de agenten van de rechter toestemming kregen om het huis van Grimsley te doorzoeken. Novitzky had tijdens de gesprekken met de speler het vermoeden gekregen dat Grimsley veel meer op zijn dopingkerfstof had dan hij had verteld, en dat de bewijzen daarvoor in Grimsleys woning zouden liggen.
De Amerikaanse kranten staan vol over de affaire, maar het gros van de berichten is
braaf overgeschreven van de documenten die Novitzky heeft opgesteld. Een uitzondering
is het stuk Quote uit Quinns stuk: ”MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann said Wednesday night that Grimsley once told him that he was an investor in his brother-in-law's nutritional supplement company.” Aha. 0 8 - 0 6 - 2 0 0 6 Grimsley's lawyer says feds targeted Bonds
By Joseph A. Reaves, Craig Harris PHOENIX — The attorney for Jason Grimsley said Wednesday that federal agents tried to pressure the former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher into wearing a listening device to lure other major league players into confidential conversations in an effort to find incriminating evidence against superstar Barry Bonds.
"It was a specific effort to target Bonds," said Edward F. Novak, one of the pre-eminent criminal attorneys in Arizona. "We were told that Jason's cooperation was necessary to their case." Novak said Grimsley "was outed by the feds" because he refused to cooperate. Grimsley, 38, left the team in disgrace Tuesday night after federal authorities unsealed a sworn affidavit in which an investigator said the pitcher admitted using steroids, amphetamines, human growth hormone and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs "throughout his career." According to the affidavit, Grimsley identified "several" former and current major league players who used banned substances. The names of those players were redacted from the unsealed document, creating an air of suspicion and nervousness throughout baseball. Mark Lessler, a special agent for criminal investigation with the Internal Revenue Service, which produced the affidavit, said he could neither confirm nor deny whether any Diamondbacks were named. Novak denied Grimsley volunteered the names of any fellow players and former players. He said, instead, federal agents questioned Grimsley about specific athletes and asked what he knew about their illegal drug habits. One example, the attorney said, was former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra, who retired in 1996. "Jason told them he understood Dykstra admitted using steroids and did it in his book," Novak said.
"They asked him specifically about Barry Bonds Novak said investigators then asked Grimsley whether he knew anybody on the San Francisco Giants, Bonds' team, who he might get to confide about the slugger who is now second on the all-time home run list. Grimsley refused and, according to Novak, told investigators that "baseball players don't go around talking about who is using and who isn't." Novak said: "There is a lot in the affidavit that my client would dispute." But one thing Grimsley confirmed was his admission he used illegal drugs for years. "He has admitted his past steroid use," Novak said. "The substance of that part of the affidavit is accurate."
Commissioner Bud Selig MLB Executive Vice President Rob Manfred said: "Major League Baseball now has the strongest steroid testing program in professional sports. Human Growth Hormone, however, is a problem for all sports because there is no universally accepted and validated test — either blood or urine. No governing body in any sport has ever been able to discipline an athlete for the use of HGH." Federal agents have confronted Grimsley at his Scottsdale home twice in the past two months — once on April19 when they say they caught him accepting a mail delivery of illegal human growth hormone, and once Tuesday, when they spent six hours searching the premises. In April, 13 agents, 10 from the IRS, two from the FBI and one from the Food and Drug Administration, moved in after the package of HGH was delivered. Grimsley was home with his wife, three children and several guests. The lead agent rang the doorbell. Grimsley's wife answered and the agent asked if he could speak with Grimsley. When the pitcher came to the door, the agent identified himself, told Grimsley what was happening and said the search warrant he was carrying could be handled in a low-key fashion if Grimsley agreed to cooperate. Grimsley did and went with the agents who conducted the two-hour interview that led to the sensational affidavit. Novak insisted Wednesday that Grimsley was coerced into going with agents to avoid being embarrassed in front of his friends and family. "They specifically told him, don't call a lawyer," Novak said. "They let him know that if he didn't cooperate they basically would terrorize his family and come in with guns drawn and lights flashing." The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, which has been leading an investigation into illegal drug use focusing Bonds and the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, denied Novak's claims. "We continue to investigate allegations of illegal activities concerning steroids, amphetamines, and other performance enhancing drugs, and related violations of law, and we will diligently follow the evidence," spokesman Luke Macaulay said. "We believe that this search and the investigative procedures involved were conducted in an entirely appropriate and legal fashion." After cooperating with the investigation in April, Grimsley hired Novak and refused to work with the agents. That refusal, the attorney said, led to the six-hour raid Tuesday. Novak said Asst. U.S. Attorney Matt Parrella phoned about 9:30 Tuesday morning and told Novak that agents were searching Grimsley's house and "based on what they were finding," the pitcher should reconsider his refusal to cooperate. Parrella requested an 11 a.m. meeting with Grimsley. Novak tried to contact his client, but Grimsley and his wife were shopping. When they returned home, they said they found the agents there and the front door broken. "They told us when no one answered the door and they saw Jason's truck outside they thought he was inside refusing to answer so they knocked down the door," Novak said. Grimsley told Novak he no longer wanted to cooperate and the attorney relayed that message to Parrella. "He told us we had until 1 p.m. and if Jason didn't agree to cooperate by then, they'd release the affidavit to MLB and the media," Novak said. Grimsley continued to refuse and late that afternoon the previously sealed affidavit was released, setting off the latest, and, perhaps, ugliest chapter in a years-long scandal that has tainted the game, ruined careers and disgusted fans. "This is a black mark on a great game," said Ken Kendrick, managing partner of the Diamondbacks. Kendrick said Grimsley asked for his release Tuesday night after the affidavit became public and the team granted his request Wednesday morning. |
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