Filed under: MLB Police Blotter, MLB PEDsWASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens said all of four words at his arraignment, but it set the stage for a trial that could begin during the opening week of the 2011 Major League Baseball season.
"Not guilty, your honor," the seven-time Cy Young Award winner uttered in his only words in U.S. District Court on Monday.
Clemens, who had the tips of his hair dyed blond, sat alongside his three lawyers at the hearing that lasted a little more than 10 minutes. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Durham said during the hearing the government had "voluminous" evidence that Clemens, 48, lied to Congress two and a half years ago when he said he never used steroids or human growth hormone.
After Judge Reggie Walton released Clemens on his own recognizance and restricted the former hurler's travel to within the U.S., Clemens took off his dark blazer and hopped into a waiting black Cadillac Escalade bound for an airport, where he was set to fly back to South Carolina for a golf tournament. He didn't talk to the reporters leaving the courtroom, even as about a dozen photographers and reporters gave chase down Constitution Ave.
None of the lawyers in the case spoke to reporters, hardly a surprise since Walton issued a gag order last week.
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