Barry Bonds Trial Hears From Stan Conte, Others On Tuesday

Nothing but non-stop excitement in the Barry Bonds trial. Bonds’ former mistress Kimberly Bell was dismissed from the stand on Monday, but by no means did that mark the end of the fun.

The first witness called to the stand Tuesday morning was Barry Sample, an expert in drug testing. Sample wasn’t up there long, and spoke about how MLB’s drug testing program was carried out in 2003. It was noted that a Bonds urine sample didn’t test positive for anything in 2003, but did test positive for THG when re-tested by another lab at a later date.

Up next was Dale Kennedy, whose job it was to personally obtain urine samples from Major League Baseball players. That means exactly what you think it means, and Bonds’ team didn’t even bother with a cross-examination.

And that brought us to former Giants trainer Stan Conte. Conte was uncomfortable with Bonds’ relationship with personal trainer Greg Anderson and saw them together regularly. Conte also testified that Bonds started growing far more muscular around 1999, with concurrent development of acne. Later, Conte recalled a conversation he had with Bonds in 2003 about steroids after the government raid of Balco and Anderson’s house. Conte said he told Bonds he thought steroid use was unfair, while Bonds’ reply suggested he didn’t think it was a big deal.

Conte closed out by saying he and Bonds had a strained relationship that eventually broke down, and that Bonds didn’t follow Conte’s rehab program after knee surgery in 2005. At no point did Conte testify that he observed Bonds using performance enhancers. Conte is now being subjected to cross-examination as we speak.

So that’s where we stand. You should also note that the defense team has argued that the government failed to turn over some relevant materials, which judge Illston is taking into consideration. Illston may have the jury ignore testimony from Kimberly Bell pertaining to Bonds’ testicle size due to inconsistencies and admitted exaggerations. Bonds’ testicles. Barry Bonds’ testicles. Everybody think about Barry Bonds’ testicles.

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