Conte:s Get-out-of-Jail Ticket Punched Today

[EPelle]

San Jose Mercury News interview with Victor Conte
Here

Excerpted:

Conte said he gave Bonds nutritional advice but never discussed illegal or banned drugs with him. The government alleged Balco supplied Anderson with the steroid THG and a testosterone cream that he gave to baseball players.

Conte continues to say he gave drugs to Marion Jones, winner of five medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He first made the allegation in a nationally televised interview in December 2004, after which the sprinter filed a $25 million defamation suit.

Although the suit was settled last month, Conte hasn't retreated from the claims.

``I have direct knowledge that she took performance-enhancing drugs before, during and after the 2000 Olympics,'' he said.

[gh]

Gave AP an interview outside his house, says Bonds book is "full of outright lies."

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=23 ... ines&ft=ss

[bad hammy]

Gave AP an interview outside his house, says Bonds book is "full of outright lies."

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?id=23 ... ines&ft=ss

Hey, Mandy makes an appearance:

"Conte was picked up by his family after his release from Taft Correctional Institution, about 40 miles southwest of Bakersfield, according to spokeswoman Mandy Ruff."

Question is - is that his spokeswoman or Taft Prison's?

[jrun]

Question is - is that his spokeswoman or Taft Prison's?

Not Conte's...to wit:

http://tinyurl.com/g4v2v

[RMc]

Summary story of today's events:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_ ... teroids_18