The lengths the FBI went to put the screws on Barry Bond's trainor/dealer
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Feds sought dirt on Bonds by pumping iron
Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross
Monday, February 16, 2009
Federal prosecutors were so intent on getting Barry Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, to spill the beans on the allegedly steroided slugger that they wired up a pregnant FBI agent and sent her into the Peninsula gym where Anderson's wife worked in hopes of getting her to talk.
According to our sources, when trainer Anderson was sitting in jail for refusing to talk to the feds about Bonds' alleged steroid use, the FBI had the agent join the Powerhouse Gym in Redwood City, where Anderson's wife, Nicole Anderson, worked as a personal trainer.
The agent signed up Nicole Anderson as her trainer and spent the next couple of months working out - all while wearing a wire.
"The plan was to get Nicole to talk about Greg giving steroids to Barry, then use the tapes to force Greg to talk," said one source close to the case.
Nicole talked about Barry, all right - about how she thought he was a jerk.
She did not, however, talk about steroids.
Eventually, the feds pulled Nicole Anderson in anyway, threatening her with prosecution for not paying income taxes unless she got her husband to talk.
The feds also pulled in Nicole's mother, Madeleine Gestas.
At that point, "Nicole had to have the conversation with Greg about what both she and her mother were facing," our source said.
His response, we're told: I love you and I love your mother, but I'm not talking.
FBI spokesman Joe Schadler declined to comment, citing the continuing investigation.
All this over a guy who used to hit baseballs.
Think if they had devoted half these resources to Bernie Madoff.
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