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Article: Graham's attorney tells jury cheating athletes are scapegoating ex-coach
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- May 20, 2008
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Trevor Graham's attorney told a federal jury Monday that several athletes caught doping are using the former coach as a "convenient scapegoat for their past mistakes and their past drug use."
Graham has pleaded not guilty to three charges that he lied to government investigators about his relationship with the steroids dealer Angel "Memo" Heredia of Laredo, Texas, as his trial started with opening statements.
The two-week trial will give lawyers for U.S. Major League Baseball career home run leader Barry Bonds' another preview of how the government's top doping detective, former IRS agent Jeff Novitzky, fares on the witness stand. Novitzky led the raid ...