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{{Infobox Person
{{Infobox Person
|name = Greg Anderson
|name = Greg Anderson
|birth_date = 1966
|birth_date = February 1966
|birth_place = Burlingame, California
|birth_place = San Francisco Bay Area, California
|charges = Steroid distribution, Money laundering, Contempt of court
|charges = Conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, Money laundering, Criminal contempt of court, Civil contempt of court
|sentence = 3 months prison + 3 months home confinement (initial); Multiple contempt sentences
|conviction_date = July 15, 2005 (guilty plea)
|facility = FCI Dublin
|sentence = 3 months federal prison plus 3 months home confinement (BALCO); roughly one year in custody for contempt
|judge = Hon. Susan Illston (BALCO sentencing); Hon. William Alsup (contempt)
|facility = Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin
|status = Released
|status = Released
|occupation = Personal trainer
|known_for = Personal trainer to Barry Bonds; central figure in the BALCO investigation
}}
}}


'''Greg Anderson''' (born 1966) is an American personal trainer and strength coach who gained national prominence through his work with professional athletes, most notably Major League Baseball slugger Barry Bonds. Anderson became a central figure in the [[BALCO scandal]], one of the largest performance-enhancing drug investigations in American sports history. He served federal prison time for steroid distribution and money laundering, and was held in contempt of court multiple times for refusing to testify against Bonds before a federal grand jury.
'''Greg F. Anderson''' (born February 1966) is an American personal trainer. He trained baseball player Barry Bonds and was a central figure in the federal investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, known as BALCO.<ref name="wiki-anderson">{{cite web |title=Greg Anderson (trainer) |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Anderson_(trainer) |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref> On July 15, 2005, Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and one count of money laundering. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston sentenced him on October 18, 2005, to three months in federal prison followed by three months of home confinement.<ref name="espn-quiet">{{cite news |title=Anderson remains the quiet man |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2813012 |work=ESPN |date=2007-11-15 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>


== Early Life and Career ==
Anderson served far longer for what he refused to do than for what he pleaded to. After his BALCO sentence, federal prosecutors subpoenaed him to testify before grand juries weighing perjury charges against Bonds. He declined each time. Judges held him in contempt of court, and he was jailed repeatedly across 2006 and 2007. Those confinements added up to roughly a year in federal custody.<ref name="espn-release">{{cite news |title=Federal judge orders Anderson's release from prison |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3112821 |work=ESPN |date=2007-11-15 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref> He was jailed once more during Bonds's 2011 trial. Anderson and Bonds met as boys playing middle-school baseball in California, and Anderson never testified against him.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />


Greg Anderson was born in 1966 in Burlingame, California. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and developed an early interest in fitness and athletics. Anderson pursued a career as a personal trainer and strength coach, eventually establishing a reputation for working with elite athletes.
== Background ==


Anderson operated a training facility in the Bay Area where he worked with numerous professional athletes across various sports. His client list grew to include baseball players, football players, and other professional athletes seeking to improve their physical performance. His most famous client was childhood friend Barry Bonds, whom Anderson had known since they attended Junipero Serra High School together in San Mateo, California.
Anderson was born in February 1966 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He met Barry Bonds when the two were children playing middle-school baseball together. The friendship lasted into adulthood.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />


== Connection to BALCO ==
Anderson worked as a personal trainer and built a clientele that included professional athletes. His work brought him into contact with BALCO, a Burlingame, California, company founded in 1984 by Victor Conte. BALCO presented itself as a sports nutrition business. It also produced and distributed designer steroids, among them a substance called "the clear," tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, formulated to evade standard drug tests.<ref name="bonds-perjury">{{cite web |title=Barry Bonds perjury case |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bonds_perjury_case |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>


In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Anderson became associated with the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), a sports nutrition center in Burlingame operated by Victor Conte. BALCO would later be revealed as the epicenter of a sophisticated performance-enhancing drug distribution network that supplied undetectable steroids to elite athletes across multiple sports.
Anderson became the link between BALCO and Bonds. By the early 2000s Bonds was in his late thirties and putting up the most productive home-run totals of his career. The surge drew attention. When the BALCO investigation became public, that attention turned to whether Bonds had used the lab's products.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />


Anderson served as a conduit between BALCO and his athlete clients, allegedly providing them with performance-enhancing substances including:
== BALCO Scandal ==


* '''The Clear''' (tetrahydrogestrinone or THG) - an anabolic steroid designed to be undetectable in drug tests
The BALCO investigation reached well beyond one trainer and one ballplayer. Federal agents opened the case in 2002. It eventually touched baseball players Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, track athletes Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery, and others across several sports. The substances at issue were performance-enhancing drugs designed to beat anti-doping screens.<ref name="bonds-perjury" />
* '''The Cream''' - a testosterone-based topical substance
* Human growth hormone
* Other performance-enhancing drugs


Federal investigators later obtained records, calendars, and other documents from BALCO that detailed drug regimens allegedly administered to various athletes.
Anderson was not the operator of the lab. He was a trainer accused of passing BALCO's products to athletes he worked with, Bonds chief among them. Investigators built a distribution and money-laundering case against him.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />


== Federal Investigation and Prosecution ==
The case grew out of a raid. In September 2003, agents from the Internal Revenue Service and a San Mateo County narcotics task force searched BALCO's offices, and agents also searched Anderson's home. On February 12, 2004, a federal grand jury returned a 42-count indictment against four men: BALCO founder Victor Conte, BALCO executive James Valente, track coach Remi Korchemny, and Anderson. The charges included money laundering and possession with intent to distribute steroids.<ref name="cnn-balco">{{cite web |title=BALCO Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/balco-fast-facts |publisher=CNN |date=2013-10-31 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>


In September 2003, federal agents raided BALCO's facilities, seizing records that implicated dozens of professional and Olympic athletes. The investigation expanded to include Anderson and his role in distributing performance-enhancing drugs.
Bonds testified before a federal grand jury in December 2003. He said he had not knowingly used steroids. He said that if Anderson had given him anything, he had not known what it was. That testimony became the foundation for the later perjury inquiry.<ref name="bonds-perjury" />


=== Steroid Distribution Charges ===
Of the four men indicted in 2004, the others resolved their cases without going to trial. Conte pleaded guilty in July 2005 to distributing illegal performance-enhancing drugs and to money laundering, and was sentenced to four months in prison and four months of home confinement. Valente received probation as part of his plea agreement.<ref name="wapo-conte">{{cite news |title=BALCO Head Gets 4 Months in Prison |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2005/10/19/balco-head-gets-4-months-in-prison/53099a43-6585-42fe-9433-61668b549b28/ |work=The Washington Post |date=2005-10-19 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref> Anderson took a similar plea deal the same month. His later jailings came not from the BALCO charges but from his refusal to testify about Bonds.<ref name="wiki-anderson" /><ref name="cnn-balco" />


In February 2004, a federal grand jury indicted Anderson along with BALCO founder Victor Conte, BALCO Vice President James Valente, and track coach Remi Korchemny on charges related to distributing steroids and other banned substances to professional athletes.
== Guilty Plea ==


In July 2005, Anderson pleaded guilty to:
A federal grand jury indicted Anderson in February 2004 on charges tied to steroid distribution and money laundering.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />
* '''Conspiracy to distribute steroids''' - for his role in providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes
* '''Money laundering''' - for receiving payments in ways designed to conceal the illegal nature of the transactions


=== Sentencing ===
On July 15, 2005, Anderson reached a deal with prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and to money laundering.<ref name="espn-quiet" /> Judge Susan Illston sentenced him on October 18, 2005. The sentence was three months in federal prison and three months of home confinement.<ref name="espn-quiet" /> He served that term and completed it.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />


In October 2005, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston sentenced Anderson to:
== Contempt and Refusal to Testify ==
* Three months in federal prison
* Three months of home confinement
* Three years of probation


The sentence was relatively lenient compared to what prosecutors had sought, reflecting Anderson's cooperation with certain aspects of the investigation while maintaining his refusal to implicate specific athletes.
After the BALCO sentence, prosecutors called Anderson before a federal grand jury investigating whether Bonds had lied in his 2003 testimony. Anderson would not answer questions. Prosecutors granted him immunity, which removed his Fifth Amendment basis for silence. He still refused.<ref name="nbc-jailed">{{cite news |title=Judge sends Greg Anderson back to jail |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/judge-sends-greg-anderson-back-to-jail/1912264/ |work=NBC Bay Area |date=2006-08-28 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>


== Contempt of Court ==
On July 5, 2006, U.S. District Judge William Alsup found Anderson in contempt. The judge denied bail and sent him to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California. Anderson was released on July 20, 2006, when that grand jury's term ended without an indictment of Bonds.<ref name="espn-contempt">{{cite news |title=Greg Anderson held in contempt, returned to jail |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2564340 |work=ESPN |date=2006-08-28 |access-date=2026-06-03}}</ref>


Anderson's legal troubles continued after his initial sentence due to his steadfast refusal to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Barry Bonds for potential perjury charges. Bonds had testified before a grand jury in 2003 that he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs, a statement prosecutors believed was false.
A new grand jury took up the matter. Anderson was subpoenaed again and again declined to testify. On August 28, 2006, he was held in contempt a second time and returned to FCI Dublin.<ref name="nbc-jailed" /> That confinement ran until November 15, 2007. He was released hours after Bonds was indicted on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. With Bonds charged, the grand jury no longer needed Anderson's testimony, so the legal basis for holding him fell away.<ref name="espn-release" />


=== First Contempt Finding ===
Much of that custody was civil contempt rather than a criminal sentence. Civil contempt is meant to pressure a witness into complying with a court order, not to punish a past act. Anderson could have ended each stretch by agreeing to testify. He did not.<ref name="espn-contempt" />


In August 2006, after Anderson completed his initial prison sentence, prosecutors subpoenaed him to testify before the grand jury investigating Bonds. Anderson refused to answer questions, citing personal loyalty to his longtime friend. Judge Illston found Anderson in contempt of court and ordered him jailed until he agreed to testify or until the grand jury's term expired.
Anderson was jailed a final time during Bonds's criminal trial. On March 22, 2011, he was again sent to FCI Dublin for refusing to testify. He was released on April 8, 2011.<ref name="wiki-anderson" /> Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice and acquitted on the perjury counts. The obstruction conviction was later overturned on appeal.<ref name="bonds-perjury" />


Anderson remained incarcerated at FCI Dublin for approximately one year before being released in August 2007 when the grand jury's term ended without his testimony.
Across the 2006, 2007, and 2011 confinements, Anderson spent more than a year in federal custody for contempt. That was longer than his original three-month BALCO term. He served all of it at FCI Dublin, a federal prison in the San Francisco Bay Area.<ref name="espn-release" />


=== Second Contempt Finding ===
Anderson has not spoken publicly about BALCO, about Bonds, or about his reasons for refusing to testify. He gave no interviews on the case and made no statements about it.<ref name="wiki-anderson" />


When a new grand jury was empaneled to continue the Bonds investigation, prosecutors again subpoenaed Anderson. He again refused to testify. In November 2007, Judge Illston again found Anderson in contempt and ordered him jailed.
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
{{FAQSection/Start}}
{{FAQ|question=Who is Greg Anderson?|answer=Greg Anderson is an American personal trainer who worked with baseball player Barry Bonds. He was a central figure in the BALCO steroids investigation and pleaded guilty in 2005 to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and money laundering.}}
{{FAQ|question=What did Greg Anderson plead guilty to?|answer=On July 15, 2005, Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and one count of money laundering. Judge Susan Illston sentenced him on October 18, 2005, to three months in federal prison and three months of home confinement.}}
{{FAQ|question=Why was Greg Anderson jailed for contempt?|answer=After his BALCO sentence, Anderson refused to testify before federal grand juries investigating whether Bonds had committed perjury. Judges held him in contempt of court, and he was jailed repeatedly across 2006 and 2007, and again in 2011.}}
{{FAQ|question=How long did Greg Anderson spend in prison for contempt?|answer=Anderson spent more than a year in federal custody for contempt across the 2006, 2007, and 2011 confinements. That was longer than his original three-month BALCO sentence.}}
{{FAQ|question=Where was Greg Anderson incarcerated?|answer=Anderson served his federal custody at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, a federal prison in the San Francisco Bay Area.}}
{{FAQ|question=Did Greg Anderson testify against Barry Bonds?|answer=No. Anderson refused to testify before the grand juries and at Bonds's 2011 trial. He accepted repeated jailings for contempt rather than testify.}}
{{FAQSection/End}}


=== Subsequent Contempt Periods ===
== References ==


Anderson was held in contempt and jailed multiple additional times as the Bonds prosecution proceeded:
<references />
* Released briefly in July 2008
* Returned to custody in August 2008
* Released and re-jailed again in 2009 and 2010


In total, Anderson spent approximately two and a half years in custody for contempt of court - significantly longer than his original sentence for the underlying drug distribution charges.
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=== Final Release ===
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The lengthy contempt sentences were unusual in that Anderson chose continued incarceration over testifying against his friend. Legal observers noted that Anderson's silence demonstrated exceptional loyalty - or potentially a fear of other consequences from cooperating with authorities.
 
== Impact on the BALCO Investigation ==
 
Anderson's refusal to testify significantly hampered the prosecution's case against Barry Bonds. Without Anderson's direct testimony linking Bonds to the drugs he allegedly provided, prosecutors relied heavily on circumstantial evidence and the testimony of other witnesses.
 
The Bonds trial in 2011 resulted in a conviction on only one of four counts - obstruction of justice for giving an evasive answer to the grand jury. That conviction was later overturned on appeal in 2015.
 
Many legal analysts believe that Anderson's testimony could have been pivotal in securing convictions on the more serious charges against Bonds.
 
== Life After Release ==
 
Following his final release in 2011, Greg Anderson withdrew almost entirely from public life. He has:
* Granted no known media interviews about his experiences
* Made no public statements about Barry Bonds or the BALCO scandal
* Maintained an extremely low profile in the Bay Area
 
Anderson's silence has continued for over a decade, making him one of the few figures from the BALCO scandal who has never publicly discussed his involvement or offered his perspective on the events.
 
== Legacy and Significance ==
 
The Greg Anderson case raises significant questions about:
 
=== Loyalty vs. Legal Obligation ===
Anderson's refusal to testify, despite facing years in jail, highlighted the tension between personal loyalty and legal obligations. His case became a reference point in discussions about witness cooperation and contempt sanctions.
 
=== Effectiveness of Contempt Sanctions ===
Anderson's willingness to serve extended jail time rather than testify raised questions about whether contempt sanctions effectively compel cooperation. Some legal scholars argued his case demonstrated the limits of coercive incarceration.
 
=== Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports ===
The BALCO scandal, in which Anderson played a central role, fundamentally changed how professional sports leagues approach performance-enhancing drug testing and enforcement.
 
== See Also ==
* [[Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP)]]
* [[Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Offense Enhancements]]
* [[Grand Jury Proceedings and Indictments]]
 
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="ABC">ABC News. "Bonds Trainer Released From Prison." https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=3875834</ref>
<ref name="NBC">NBC Bay Area. "Judge Sends Greg Anderson Back to Jail." https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/judge-sends-greg-anderson-back-to-jail/1912264</ref>
<ref name="Guardian">The Guardian. "Trainer in BALCO Case Freed." https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/oct/06/usnews.baseball</ref>
<ref name="ESPN">ESPN. "BALCO founder, Anderson get prison." https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2188858</ref>
<ref name="SFGate">San Francisco Chronicle. "Anderson Held in Contempt, Sent to Prison." https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Anderson-held-in-contempt-sent-to-prison-2468931.php</ref>
</references>


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Greg Anderson
Born: February 1966
San Francisco Bay Area, California
Charges: Conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids, Money laundering, Criminal contempt of court, Civil contempt of court
Sentence: 3 months federal prison plus 3 months home confinement (BALCO); roughly one year in custody for contempt
Facility: Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin
Status: Released


Greg F. Anderson (born February 1966) is an American personal trainer. He trained baseball player Barry Bonds and was a central figure in the federal investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative, known as BALCO.[1] On July 15, 2005, Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and one count of money laundering. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston sentenced him on October 18, 2005, to three months in federal prison followed by three months of home confinement.[2]

Anderson served far longer for what he refused to do than for what he pleaded to. After his BALCO sentence, federal prosecutors subpoenaed him to testify before grand juries weighing perjury charges against Bonds. He declined each time. Judges held him in contempt of court, and he was jailed repeatedly across 2006 and 2007. Those confinements added up to roughly a year in federal custody.[3] He was jailed once more during Bonds's 2011 trial. Anderson and Bonds met as boys playing middle-school baseball in California, and Anderson never testified against him.[1]

Background

Anderson was born in February 1966 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He met Barry Bonds when the two were children playing middle-school baseball together. The friendship lasted into adulthood.[1]

Anderson worked as a personal trainer and built a clientele that included professional athletes. His work brought him into contact with BALCO, a Burlingame, California, company founded in 1984 by Victor Conte. BALCO presented itself as a sports nutrition business. It also produced and distributed designer steroids, among them a substance called "the clear," tetrahydrogestrinone, or THG, formulated to evade standard drug tests.[4]

Anderson became the link between BALCO and Bonds. By the early 2000s Bonds was in his late thirties and putting up the most productive home-run totals of his career. The surge drew attention. When the BALCO investigation became public, that attention turned to whether Bonds had used the lab's products.[1]

BALCO Scandal

The BALCO investigation reached well beyond one trainer and one ballplayer. Federal agents opened the case in 2002. It eventually touched baseball players Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield, track athletes Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery, and others across several sports. The substances at issue were performance-enhancing drugs designed to beat anti-doping screens.[4]

Anderson was not the operator of the lab. He was a trainer accused of passing BALCO's products to athletes he worked with, Bonds chief among them. Investigators built a distribution and money-laundering case against him.[1]

The case grew out of a raid. In September 2003, agents from the Internal Revenue Service and a San Mateo County narcotics task force searched BALCO's offices, and agents also searched Anderson's home. On February 12, 2004, a federal grand jury returned a 42-count indictment against four men: BALCO founder Victor Conte, BALCO executive James Valente, track coach Remi Korchemny, and Anderson. The charges included money laundering and possession with intent to distribute steroids.[5]

Bonds testified before a federal grand jury in December 2003. He said he had not knowingly used steroids. He said that if Anderson had given him anything, he had not known what it was. That testimony became the foundation for the later perjury inquiry.[4]

Of the four men indicted in 2004, the others resolved their cases without going to trial. Conte pleaded guilty in July 2005 to distributing illegal performance-enhancing drugs and to money laundering, and was sentenced to four months in prison and four months of home confinement. Valente received probation as part of his plea agreement.[6] Anderson took a similar plea deal the same month. His later jailings came not from the BALCO charges but from his refusal to testify about Bonds.[1][5]

Guilty Plea

A federal grand jury indicted Anderson in February 2004 on charges tied to steroid distribution and money laundering.[1]

On July 15, 2005, Anderson reached a deal with prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and to money laundering.[2] Judge Susan Illston sentenced him on October 18, 2005. The sentence was three months in federal prison and three months of home confinement.[2] He served that term and completed it.[1]

Contempt and Refusal to Testify

After the BALCO sentence, prosecutors called Anderson before a federal grand jury investigating whether Bonds had lied in his 2003 testimony. Anderson would not answer questions. Prosecutors granted him immunity, which removed his Fifth Amendment basis for silence. He still refused.[7]

On July 5, 2006, U.S. District Judge William Alsup found Anderson in contempt. The judge denied bail and sent him to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California. Anderson was released on July 20, 2006, when that grand jury's term ended without an indictment of Bonds.[8]

A new grand jury took up the matter. Anderson was subpoenaed again and again declined to testify. On August 28, 2006, he was held in contempt a second time and returned to FCI Dublin.[7] That confinement ran until November 15, 2007. He was released hours after Bonds was indicted on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. With Bonds charged, the grand jury no longer needed Anderson's testimony, so the legal basis for holding him fell away.[3]

Much of that custody was civil contempt rather than a criminal sentence. Civil contempt is meant to pressure a witness into complying with a court order, not to punish a past act. Anderson could have ended each stretch by agreeing to testify. He did not.[8]

Anderson was jailed a final time during Bonds's criminal trial. On March 22, 2011, he was again sent to FCI Dublin for refusing to testify. He was released on April 8, 2011.[1] Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice and acquitted on the perjury counts. The obstruction conviction was later overturned on appeal.[4]

Across the 2006, 2007, and 2011 confinements, Anderson spent more than a year in federal custody for contempt. That was longer than his original three-month BALCO term. He served all of it at FCI Dublin, a federal prison in the San Francisco Bay Area.[3]

Anderson has not spoken publicly about BALCO, about Bonds, or about his reasons for refusing to testify. He gave no interviews on the case and made no statements about it.[1]

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who is Greg Anderson?

Greg Anderson is an American personal trainer who worked with baseball player Barry Bonds. He was a central figure in the BALCO steroids investigation and pleaded guilty in 2005 to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and money laundering.


Q: What did Greg Anderson plead guilty to?

On July 15, 2005, Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and one count of money laundering. Judge Susan Illston sentenced him on October 18, 2005, to three months in federal prison and three months of home confinement.


Q: Why was Greg Anderson jailed for contempt?

After his BALCO sentence, Anderson refused to testify before federal grand juries investigating whether Bonds had committed perjury. Judges held him in contempt of court, and he was jailed repeatedly across 2006 and 2007, and again in 2011.


Q: How long did Greg Anderson spend in prison for contempt?

Anderson spent more than a year in federal custody for contempt across the 2006, 2007, and 2011 confinements. That was longer than his original three-month BALCO sentence.


Q: Where was Greg Anderson incarcerated?

Anderson served his federal custody at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, a federal prison in the San Francisco Bay Area.


Q: Did Greg Anderson testify against Barry Bonds?

No. Anderson refused to testify before the grand juries and at Bonds's 2011 trial. He accepted repeated jailings for contempt rather than testify.


References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Greg Anderson (trainer)". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Anderson remains the quiet man".ESPN.2007-11-15.Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Federal judge orders Anderson's release from prison".ESPN.2007-11-15.Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Barry Bonds perjury case". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "BALCO Fast Facts". CNN. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  6. ↑ "BALCO Head Gets 4 Months in Prison".The Washington Post.2005-10-19.Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Judge sends Greg Anderson back to jail".NBC Bay Area.2006-08-28.Retrieved 2026-06-03.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Greg Anderson held in contempt, returned to jail".ESPN.2006-08-28.Retrieved 2026-06-03.


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