Judge Susan Illston summons Barry Bonds' trainer Greg Anderson to appear

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[SIZE=-1]The federal judge who'll preside over Barry Bonds' perjury trial that starts next week has ordered Bonds' former personal trainer Greg Anderson to appear in front of her Wednesday to determine whether he'll testify at the trial.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=-1]Anderson's attorney has maintained the trainer will continue not to cooperate with federal prosecutors, who have already sent him to jail for more than 15 months on previous contempt charges and have urged the judge to imprison Anderson again if he remains silent.[/SIZE]


[SIZE=-1]U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco issued the order Monday after telling prosecutors last week they could not introduce evidence that Bonds tested positive for steroids three times in the months leading up to his record-breaking 73-homer season of 2001 without the foundation provided by an eyewitness regarding how those samples were obtained and submitted. Anderson, who allegedly obtained designer steroids for Bonds through the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), has refused to provide detailed statements about what Bonds knew regarding the substances. ...[/SIZE]


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