Chapter[ VIII. Information Obtained Regarding Other Players’ Possession or Use of
Steroids and Human Growth Hormone ]
Section[ 1. Kirk Radomski - Information About Distribution of Performance Ehancing Substances ]
1. Kirk Radomski provided substantial information about the distribution of
performance enhancing substances, and in many cases his statements were corroborated by other
evidence. He did not, however, observe or participate in the use of performance enhancing
substances by any player named in this report, with one exception that is described below.
The corroboration took many forms, including: (a) the admission by eleven
players that Radomski had supplied them with performance enhancing substances, as he had said
in our interviews of him;370 (b) checks or money orders written to Radomski by some players in
appropriate amounts; (c) mailing receipts for shipments of performance enhancing substances by
Radomski to some players; (d) statements by other witnesses supporting the allegations of use by
some players; (e) the names, addresses, and/or telephone numbers of many players were found in
Radomski’s seized address book; (f) telephone records showing calls between Radomski and
some players; and (g) a positive drug test.
I did not include in this report the names of three players to whom Radomski said
he sold performance enhancing substances: two of them because the players had retired from
Major League Baseball by the time of the alleged sales; and one of them because the player
admitted that he had purchased and possessed the substances but denied that he had used them
and his version of events was corroborated by other credible evidence.
I interviewed Radomski four times (in June, July, October, and November 2007),
three times in person, once by telephone. His personal lawyer participated in three of the
interviews. Federal law enforcement officials and members of my staff participated with me in
all of the interviews. No one from the Commissioner’s Office, any club, or the Players
Association participated in these interviews.
370 Two players admitted receipt and possession of illegal performance enhancing
substances sold by Radomski but denied they ever used them.
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During each of the interviews, the law enforcement officials warned Radomski
that if he made any false statements he would forfeit their commitment to recommend a more
lenient sentence and he would face further criminal jeopardy. Before the interviews, Radomski
had been debriefed extensively by federal prosecutors and agents. They subsequently confirmed
that the information he provided to us in his interviews was consistent with the information he
had previously provided to them.
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