Rusty Hardin is the attorney working with Roger Clemens, the baseball star who is now facing allegations of doping. Clemens was named in the Mitchell report and has been trying to defend his name and reputation.
Lawyers for Roger Clemens filed a motion in Brooklyn federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by the pitcher's former trainer, claiming statements that accused Brian McNamee of trying to shake down Clemens were not serious. Joe Roden, one of the attorneys representing Clemens, said the seven-time Cy Young award winner, lawyer Rusty Hardin and others were not serious when they questioned McNamee's mental state and accused him of manufacturing evidence, the New York Daily News reported... Read Full Story
Roger Clemens' former personal trainer sued him Friday over allegations of steroid use, claiming the Major League Baseball star ruined his reputation by branding him a liar. The defamation lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn alleges Clemens launched an "intense and coordinated public relations offensive" against Brian McNamee after the trainer told federal investigators and Congress that he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998... Read Full Story
The latest move by Clemens lawyer to directly question the immunity of Brian McNamee from libel suit is seen as a desperate tactics by McNamee’s lawyer. The judge holding the case previously dismissed the defamation suit filed by Roger Clemens against his former trainer now the accuser. The immunity was based on the fact that McNamee’s statements were part of a federal investigation. He was then invited by Senator Mitchell to give more information on the rampant steroid use in baseball.
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BY MICHAEL O'KEEFFE DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Lamarque/Reuters Roger Clemens has no ace in the hole in George Bush, who leaves office without granting pitcher pardon. There was no last-minute pardon for Roger Clemens before President Bush left the White House Tuesday, and the federal grand jury that has been examining evidence that the former Yankee star committed perjury will continue its work. Brian McNamee 's attorney Richard Emery raised the possibility of a Bush pardon after Clemens... Read Full Story
The Daily News is reporting that a former gym owner in the Houston area has been issued a subpoena by the Washington grand jury investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress about using performance-enhancing drugs. The newspaper, in a story posted on its Web site that cited unidentified sources, reported Kelly Blair received on Monday the subpoena ordering him to appear before the grand jury. The Daily News also reported Blair told friends that several others associated with the gym... Read Full Story
A federal grand jury in Washington is investigating whether Roger Clemens (right) lied to congress. NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal authorities have found performance-enhancing substances on the materials Brian McNamee said he used to inject Roger Clemens, The New York Times reported Tuesday. McNamee turned over the syringes, vials and gauze pads to federal investigators last year, after he told baseball investigator George Mitchell he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone... Read Full Story
Federal authorities have found performance-enhancing substances on the materials Brian McNamee said he used to inject Roger Clemens, The New York Times reported Tuesday. McNamee turned over the syringes, vials and gauze pads to federal investigators last year, after he told baseball investigator George Mitchell he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone. The Washington Post reported Feb. 6 that tests linked Clemens' DNA to blood in the syringes given to investigators by... Read Full Story
And University of Penn professors contradict the Hendricks brothers' analysis of Clemens' career stats(at bottom of post). But first about the party, from Newsday : Roger Clemens' former trainer, Brian McNamee, is prepared to tell a congressional hearing Wednesday that he has a "vivid recollection" of the pitcher describing a scene at a party in Miami in 1998 that McNamee says he and Clemens attended. Clemens, however, has denied being at the party. The sources say McNamee's recollection... Read Full Story
Keith Olberman has his worst person in the world, and I have my "worst PR person in the world" award. Ok, so I just made that up, but the first winner is Rusty Hardin, better known as Roger Clemens’ jackass lawyer. He might not be a PR person, but he has said many times that Clemens' case (correctly so) is being tried in the "court of public opinion." And how is Rusty doing? Let’s review the record: he’s unmercifully assaulted Brian McNamee's reputation, threatened an IRS agent, pilloried... Read Full Story
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) --
The defamation suit Roger Clemens filed against former trainer Brian McNamee has been dismissed by a federal judge in Texas.
The suit, filed Jan.6, 2008, was dismissed with prejudice by U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison in Houston. The Aug. 28 ruling means Clemens' attorney, Rusty Hardin, cannot sue again, the New York Daily News reported Saturday.
The decision clears the field for the defamation countersuit McNamee filed against Clemens in New York... Read Full Story
