Barry Bonds' Trainer Says He Will Refuse To Testify

1:38 PM:Barry Bonds' trainer, Greg Anderson, told a federal judge in San Francisco today that he will refuse to testify at the slugger's perjury trial, even if he has to go to jail for contempt of court.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston told Anderson, "You will very likely be ordered into custody until the conclusion of the trial."

Bonds, 46, pleaded not guilty today to the most recent version of an indictment accusing him of lying before a federal grand jury.

He is due to go on trial in Illston's court on March 21 on four counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction in 2003 testimony before a federal grand jury investigating steroid distribution.

The former San Francisco Giants slugger is accused of lying when he said he never knowingly received steroids from Anderson and never received an injection from him.

Illston is hearing arguments this afternoon on a final series of pretrial motions filed by prosecution and defense attorneys.

1:38 PM: Home-run champion Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to the most recent version of an indictment accusing him of lying before a federal grand jury.

The current indictment - the fourth version obtained by prosecutors since 2007 - charges him with four counts of making false statements and one count of obstructing justice in testimony before a federal grand jury in 2003.
The former San Francisco Giants slugger is accused of lying when he said he never knowingly received steroids from his trainer, Greg Anderson, and never received an injection from Anderson.
He is due to go on trial in the court of U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on March 21.

Illston was scheduled to hear arguments this afternoon on a final series of pretrial motions filed by prosecution and defense attorneys.

Julia Cheever, Bay City News