Kelly Blair Sues NYDN reporters over Roger Clemens steroid book

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Blair sues reporters, publisher
ESPN
On the eve of his appearance Tuesday morning before the Washington, D.C., grand jury hearing evidence against Clemens, former Houston gym owner Kelly Blair filed a lawsuit in his hometown on Monday alleging he was defamed in the book, "American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime." [...]

The suit filed Monday in a Houston district court names as defendants the four New York Daily News reporters who penned the book -- Michael O'Keefe, Christian Red, Teri Thompson and Nathaniel Vinton -- as well as the publisher, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, and Robin Dobbins, a Houston fitness consultant who the suit alleges was the source of false allegations.

"There are allegations in the book about Kelly Blair that are just completely not true," said Houston-based attorney Jason Gibson, who represents Blair. "They said he is basically a drug dealer who was running an underground steroid network. There are a number of statements of fact that were made that are false. The only defense to allegations of defamation are that it was true. In this case, it is not true." ...




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