02-18-2009, 01:02 PM
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BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) ââ¬â Larry Izzo, captain of special teams for American football's New England Patriots, will testify at the perjury trial of US baseball home run king Barry Bonds, the Boston Globe said Tuesday.
Izzo will testify that in 2003 he received performance-enhancing drugs and instructions on how to use them from Greg Anderson, Bonds' former trainer who was among those convicted in the BALCO steroid scandal, the report said.
Bonds, who owns the US all-time career record for homers at 762, is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice for denying to a grand jury that he took performance-enhancing drugs.
Also on the prosecution witness list for Bonds' trial, which is scheduled to start March 2 in San Francisco, is Kathy Hoskins, the former personal shopper for Bonds who will testify she saw Anderson inject the ex-San Francisco star.
Bonds' former girlfriend, Kimberly Bell, and former teammates Jason Giambi and Bobby Estalella are among others set to testify.
Izzo is the only National Football League player on the witness list, according to the prosecution court filing, the Globe reported.
"Mr. Izzo will testify that he was a professional football player and that he first contacted Greg Anderson by phone in approximately January 2003," the court filing said.
"Mr. Izzo will also testify that he first met Anderson in person in approximately May 2003 at BALCO and submitted a urine sample at BALCO at Anderson's request. Mr. Izzo will also testify that (he) submitted additional urine samples to Anderson at later times as well.
"Mr. Izzo will also testify about receiving performance-enhancing substances from Anderson, about instructions from Anderson about how to administer the substances, about the schedule Anderson gave to him for administering the substances, and about what Mr. Anderson told him about the efficacy of those substances."
