Appeals court orders Bonds’ trainer to jail

Barry Bonds’ personal trainer was ordered Thursday to report back to federal prison by noon Monday, after a federal appeals court affirmed a prior federal court ruling that prosecutors did not taint a grand jury with information gathered from a disputed tape recording.

In another BALCO-related court event, track coach Trevor Graham pleaded not guilty to charges he lied to federal investigators.

Bonds’ trainer, Greg Anderson, 40, has been imprisoned twice previously for contempt of court for refusing to fully testify about whether the free-agent San Francisco Giants slugger lied when he told a prior federal grand jury that he never knowingly used steroids.

“Greg is as strong and resolute as I’ve ever heard him,” said Anderson’s attorney, Mark Geragos, who said he would continue appealing for Anderson’s release, possibly to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Anderson has served more than 50 days in prison in the contempt case. He served 15 days in July before an earlier grand jury’s term expired. He was sent back to prison for 37 more days but ordered released in October by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Geragos argued that Anderson shouldn’t testify because prosecutors are relying on information that they gained in an illegally obtained recording of Anderson discussing steroids in 2004.

Prosecutors counter that their questions to Anderson are based on a search they conducted of Anderson’s home, along with other athletes’ secret testimony.

The 9th Circuit ruled Thursday that “the government’s questions were not tainted by the ... recording. ... The material was not provided to [the] grand jury, in either recorded or transcript form.”

Anderson is subject to spending more than 13 months in prison as the current grand jury term continues, his attorney said.

“But we have many other options,” Geragos said.

Meanwhile, track coach Graham pleaded not guilty to three counts of making false statements to federal agents. He was indicted Nov. 1.

Graham helped start the ongoing federal investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative in Burlingame, Calif., by anonymously mailing a vial of the then-undetectable steroid “the clear” to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

Graham, who has trained U.S. sprinters Justin Gatlin, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery, allegedly lied to federal agents when he said he didn’t supply athletes with performance-enhancing drugs or tell them where to purchase the drugs.

Graham would face a maximum 15 years in prison if he is convicted.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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