Barry Bonds' head grew, trainer says in perjury trial; mistress claims star admitted steroid use
Barry Bonds' head grew while he was a San Francisco Giant, but the home run champ's testicles shrunk, his mistress said on the stand Monday in federal court. Kimberly Bell, who spent the day testifying in Bonds' perjury trial, said Bonds developed acne, went bald, experienced sexual dysfunction, became bloated, and turned aggressive and abusive during their nine-year romantic relationship -- air yeezy signs of steroid use, some claim. Later in the testimony, held in San Francisco, Bell claimed Bonds admitted to using steroids. Bell, who posed for Playboy in 2007, said the slugger threatened to cut off her head as well as cut out her breast implants that he paid for because she wouldn't return her phone calls as quickly as he had wanted. Earlier in the day, longtime Giants equipment manager Mike Murphy testified that Bonds' hat size increased from 7 1/4 to 7 3/8. Upon cross examination Murphy revealed that similar growth happened to other veteran stars such as Willie McCovey and Bonds' godfather Willie Mays. Commentors of The Times were mixed in their feelings about the Giant and his mistress. "Granted Bonds is no angel, but this woman is an idiot. She's the mistress during marriage #1, then he goes onto marry someone else, and she's still the mistress! She did this for 9 years... even after being mistreated/threatened she still stuck around...hmmmm," KA wrote. "Saw this guy at a minor league game refuse to sign an autograph for a little kid (like 6 or 7) who walked up near his seat and asked politely - nice, you could say klassy even," quipped baseball fan. A commentor going by the name chach, however won't let go of the legacy Bonds created over his successful career, "Regardless of all this jazz. dude is an amazing player. still got his hologram dennys baseball card," chach wrote.