Greg F. Anderson (born February 1966) is a personal trainer today, best known for his work with Barry Bonds, and associated with BALCO.
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Biography
Early life
When Anderson was 10 years old, his father died after being shot during a gambling dispute. Anderson and Barry Bonds started a lifelong friendship when they played a high school baseball together in California. Bonds flourished as team stars, while Anderson struggled to gain playing time. At college, Anderson began an obsession with heavy lifting and spent hours in the gym. He played college baseball at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas with moderate success, but was advised by his coach to seek careers outside of professional baseball. Soon after, Anderson moved back to California where he spent most of his time at World Gym, now known as Diesel Fitness, just a few blocks away from BALCO.
Steroid problems
Anderson allegedly began providing Bonds with performance-enhancing drugs in 1998. He is also linked in this regard both Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, through its relationship with Bonds. Despite this information, the San Francisco Giants, allegedly to soothe the Bonds, did not deter Anderson from the Giants facility. On July 15, 2005, Anderson, in agreement with federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute steroids and money laundering. On October 18, 2005, he was sentenced by US District Court Judge Susan Illston to three months in jail and three months in a confinement house.
Anderson and his steroid transactions are mentioned in the Game of Shadows book, documenting steroid use from many Major League Baseball players and other famous athletes.
Contempt of Court
On July 5, 2006, Anderson was found in a humiliating trial by US District Judge William Alsup for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating allegations of perjury against a San Francisco Giants player, Barry Bonds. Bonds appeared before the grand jury investigated the BALCO steroid case in December 2003 and reportedly has consciously denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Anderson, denied bail, was immediately sent to the Federal Penitentiary in Dublin, California. Anderson's lawyer, Mark Geragos, said he would file an appeal based on his statement that the summon to testify violates Anderson's bargaining agreement in the BALCO case.
On July 20, 2006, Anderson was released when the grand jury ended without indicting the Bond. However, Anderson was immediately called to testify before a new jury handling the case. Anderson's lawyer Mark Geragos stated that Anderson would still refuse to testify, and on August 28, Anderson was rediscovered in defiance of the court and sentenced to prison.
On November 15, 2007, a federal judge ordered Anderson to be released from prison. This order came just hours after the Bond was charged by a federal grand jury over 4 counts of perjury and 1 evasion of justice.
Further legal issues
On January 28, 2009, twenty federal agents raided the home of Anderson's mother-in-law; both he and Anderson's wife are the tax audit targets. Anderson's lawyer Mark Geragos said he believes the investigation is in retaliation for Anderson's ongoing refusal to say whether he will testify in a fraud trial in 2009. The federal prosecutor has asked the presiding judge, US District Judge Susan Illston, to find Anderson in court humiliation and he is being held in federal prison during the upcoming trial. On March 22, 2011 Anderson was locked back in the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin on new charges of contempt for refusing to testify at Bond's fake trial. He was released on April 8, 2011.
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References
External links
- Quotes from Game of Shadows
- Latest news from Anderson
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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