Defense Lawyers Seek Ban on Testimony About Barry Bonds' Temper

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Barry Bonds' attorneys are seeking to keep details about the slugger's temper from the jury. Prosecutors want no mention of federal investigators surpassing the limits of a search warrant during a raid of a laboratory tasked with testing urine samples of all Major League Baseball players for steroid use.

On Monday, Bonds' attorneys and prosecutors filed a flurry of legal papers seeking to limit what the other side can show the jury once the slugger's perjury trial starts on March 21.

The Bonds legal team is concerned the jury will hear testimony that Bonds routinely berated those around him and disrespected underlings. His lawyers argue such testimony will unfairly sway the jury and has nothing to do with proving Bonds lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Bonds is also demanding that much of the expected testimony of his former mistress Kimberly Bell be excluded. Bell is expected to testify that she noticed physical and mental symptoms such as a short and violent temper that she attributed to steroid use.

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/02/15/defense-lawyers-seek-ban-on-testimony-about-barry-bonds-temper/

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