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Bonds to sue over steroid allegations in book
Barry Bonds' lawyer plans to sue the authors and publisher of a book alleging the outfielder used steroids, seeking to seize their profits from the book, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, sent a letter to the agent for "Game of Shadows" authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, both Chronicle reporters, informing them of his plans to sue the authors, publisher Gotham Books, the newspaper and Sports Illustrated, which published excerpts from the book earlier this month.
The book, released Thursday, claims Bonds used an array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids, human growth hormone and insulin, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998.
The newspaper reported that Rains will ask a San Francisco judge on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order forfeiting all profits from publication and distribution. Rains said he will file the suit under California's unfair competition law.
The letter does not describe the basis of the suit.
Williams told The Associated Press Thursday that the book will stand up to a court challenge.
"I don't know what the legal action they contemplate is," he said. "Gotham can speak to the legal issues but the facts in our book are true and they will stand up to scrutiny."
Gotham officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.
Source: AP
Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, sent a letter to the agent for "Game of Shadows" authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, both Chronicle reporters, informing them of his plans to sue the authors, publisher Gotham Books, the newspaper and Sports Illustrated, which published excerpts from the book earlier this month.
The book, released Thursday, claims Bonds used an array of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids, human growth hormone and insulin, for at least five seasons beginning in 1998.
The newspaper reported that Rains will ask a San Francisco judge on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order forfeiting all profits from publication and distribution. Rains said he will file the suit under California's unfair competition law.
The letter does not describe the basis of the suit.
Williams told The Associated Press Thursday that the book will stand up to a court challenge.
"I don't know what the legal action they contemplate is," he said. "Gotham can speak to the legal issues but the facts in our book are true and they will stand up to scrutiny."
Gotham officials couldn't be immediately reached for comment.
Source: AP