BALCO Case Filing Lists Seized Items

In a newly filed court document, federal prosecutors have provided the first detailed account of items seized from the condominium of Barry Bonds’ personal trainer -- a list that includes containers labeled with the names of steroids, a human growth hormone and banned diuretics.

Greg Anderson is among four men charged with running a steroid-distribution ring from Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO, a Northern California company that makes nutritional supplements.

The defendants are accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs to dozens of baseball and football players and Olympic athletes.

They have pleaded not guilty, and Anderson has said, through his attorneys, that he never provided Bonds or other clients with anything he knew to be illegal.

The evidence against him was disclosed in a “Memorandum of Activity” signed by IRS agent Jeff Novitzky, who led the raid on Anderson’s condominium in Burlingame, Calif., last fall.

The document, made public this week, describes “substances and drug paraphernalia” collected from the residence and Anderson’s car, including:

* Vials marked “Serostim,” a human growth hormone;

* A vial marked “Depo-Testosterone,” an anabolic steroid;

* A pill bottle marked “Andriol,” another anabolic steroid;

* Small plastic bags with pill sheets marked “Dyazide” and “Aldactone,” which are banned diuretics.

Also on the list are more than 100 syringes, envelopes of unidentified pills and containers holding unidentified creamy, oily and liquid substances.

According to the U.S. attorney’s office in San Francisco, Anderson helped BALCO executives distribute substances known as “The Cream,” alleged to be a steroid mixture, and “The Clear,” alleged to be a new designer steroid called tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG.

Anderson’s attorneys said some of the substances were shampoo or skin lotion that Anderson transferred into smaller containers for travel.

“We are in dispute with [prosecutors] as to what these items are,” attorney Anna Ling said. “We obviously don’t agree with them, and the amounts are very, very small.”

The list became public after Anderson’s attorneys filed a motion asking for permission to conduct their own tests on the confiscated substances.

Prosecutors filed the “Memorandum of Activity” as part of a response.

“At this time, the United States has no reason to believe that any of the items seized from Anderson’s residence are ‘exculpatory,’ ” the response said.

Some of the alleged substances are inherently illegal, others are illegal to distribute and use except for an approved medical purpose with the authorization of a physician, the response said.

As recently as Sunday, a lawyer for Bonds denied his client has taken steroids.

“You can mince words, you can engage in all the artful positions you want -- my position is that he’s never taken anything illegal, period,” attorney Michael Rains said.

The defense motion might be addressed when court reconvenes Friday.