Sandoval case remains active
The Santa Cruz County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Office said Monday that it hoped to complete the bulk of an investigation of sexual assault allegations involving San Francisco Giants infielder Pablo Sandoval by the end of this week, then determine whether to seek charges.
Deputy Sheriff April Skalland said detectives were interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence, though analysis of some forensic evidence could take longer than a week. Skalland said the accuser was a 21-yearold woman who lives in Santa Cruz County.
Skalland said Sandoval and his attorney remained cooperative. Sandoval met with authorities Friday after the incident that led to the investigation.
Sandoval, 25, is scheduled to play a rehab game for Class A San Jose as he works back from left hand surgery.
Clemens case:
In 2008, Rep. Darrell Issa, RCalif., told a news reporter he didn’t doubt that Roger Clemens had perjured himself during the congressional investigation into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.
Issa, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that investigated the matter, also spoke out against the hearing itself, telling a reporter “this was all about entrapping Roger Clemens.”
Clemens’ lawyers hoped to have Issa elaborate on that second part — where he criticized Congress for delving into this subject matter at all — by compelling his testimony during Clemens’ perjury trial. Clemens is charged with lying to Congress in 2008 when he denied using performanceenhancing drugs. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton on Monday quashed the defense’s subpoena for Issa’s testimony.
Issa is one of 41 congressmen on the committee that held the hearing in which Clemens testified. Issa was not the chairman but participated in the depositions of Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Brian McNamee (Clemens’ former strength trainer).
The judge ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to support the need for Issa’s testimony. And, as the government pointed out during the hearing Monday, Issa has made public statements saying he believes Clemens committed perjury — which could possibly hurt the defense’s argument.
“It’s not even clear what Mr. Issa would say if he were in fact called to testify,” Walton said. “I will have to grant the committee’s motion to quash the subpoena.”