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Posted By: davidcycleback

I don't know the answer, but I'd be curious to know when Bonds fired his trainer. Anyone who didn't use steroids and who discovered his trainer surreptitiously slipped him steroids instead of linseed oil, would fire the trainer and likely alert the police. I know of no one who would defend a trainer who surreptitiously gave him steroids or other illegal drugs, yet Bonds regularly defends his trainer. Bonds will sue the authors of a book because he doesn't want them to profit, but won't sue the guy who he says gave him steroids against his wishes and who thusly tainted his reputation and caused him to lose millions in endorsements, memorabilia profits, etc?

In a related case, if you say a guy did a criminal act against you (ala, giving you steroids against your wishes), the judge will ask to see the police report. And if you say you didn't file a complaint with the police, the judge will expect a darned good reason for you to not file a report before he or she will accept your version of events. A judge or jury would look with great skpeticism at Bonds' "I didn't know" explanation if Bonds didn't pursue some kind of action against the trainer, considering what Bonds is claiming the trainer did is a felony.