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Entertainment & Sports

Aug. 16, 2007

Bonds Threatens to Sue Critics for Defamation

Baseball slugger Barry Bonds is tired of people talking trash about him. So he's hired two prominent attorneys to protect his reputation from those who might play fast and loose with allegations that he's used steroids and dodged taxes.

By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - A week after breaking Hank Aaron's home run record, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is breaking his long-kept silence toward his many detractors, and is threatening to sue anyone who makes false statements about his alleged steroid use or tax evasion.
      Bonds has hired two prominent Bay Area civil rights attorneys - Oakla...

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