US Judge bars athletes
Published:Wednesday | May 7, 2008 | 3:00 PM
A United States judge has tentatively barred two of eight ex-athletics stars from testifying against their former coach, Jamaican Trevor Graham during his trial on false statement charges later this month.
The trial is scheduled to start on May 19.
Graham pleaded not guilty to lying to government investigators when he told them that he never obtained performance-enhancing drugs from Angel Heredia, a weight trainer expected to serve as the prosecution’s key witness.
United States District Court Judge, Susan Illston said that federal prosecutors could not call sprinters Michelle Collins and Calvin Harrison to the witness stand because neither appeared able to provide a direct link between Graham and Heredia.