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 NEW YORK (AP) - Lawyers for Hearst Corp. claimed federal prosecutors provided baseball steroids investigator George Mitchell the names of players implicated in drug use by former New York Mets clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski.
In a brief filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, N.Y., Hearst said prosecutors attempted to "skirt the issue" when they said they did not give Mitchell a complete copy of a sworn statement signed by IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky. In the version made public, names of up to 23 players were blacked out.
The Albany Times Union and San Francisco Chronicle, which are owned by Hearst, said in previous court papers that if prosecutors gave Mitchell the names, they must be made public. In the latest filing, Hearst said the government gave Mitchell the information without supplying the exact document.
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