HOUSTON (AP) -A federal judge has dismissed most of Roger Clemens’ defamation lawsuit against his former personal trainer, saying statements made in the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball are protected.
Brian McNamee has told federal agents, baseball investigator George Mitchell and a House of Representatives committee that he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with steroids and HGH from 1998-2001.
Clemens has repeatedly denied McNamee’s accusations and sued last year.
McNamee’s attorneys said Clemens’ lawsuit should be thrown out because McNamee was compelled to cooperate by federal investigators.
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison agreed Thursday, but he left in McNamee’s statements to Andy Pettitte, Clemens’ former New York Yankees teammate.
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