Steroids Case Leaker Draws 2½ Years

Judge rejects loose-lipped attorney's Scooter Libby defense
By Max Brallier,  Newser User
Posted Jul 13, 2007 11:38 AM CDT
Steroids Case Leaker Draws 2½ Years
Troy Ellerman, right, walks out of the federal courthouse in San Francisco, in this June 14, 2007 file photo. Ellerman, an attorney who admitted leaking the confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds and other athletes, was sentenced Thursday, July 12, 2007 to two and a half years in prison, by...   (Associated Press)

A lawyer who allowed reporters access to transcripts of confidential testimony about steroid use in baseball was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday. The penalty is the most serious yet to stem from the government's intensive performance-enhancing drug investigation.

Tony Ellerman, a former rodeo cowboy and attorney for the BALCO chemical lab, showed testimony from Barry Bonds, Gary Sheffield and other ballplayers to two San Francisco Chronicle reports. Ellerman's lawyers requested a lighter sentence, referencing President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby. The judge replied, "if Mr. Ellerman is dissatisfied with his sentence, he should seek a commutation from the president." (More Victor Conte stories.)

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