Jeff Novitzky

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Jeff Novitzky is a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service who has been investigating the use of steroids in professional sports for over five years. [1] His investigations have concerned Marion Jones, Barry Bonds, Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and Kirk Radomski scandals.

Marion Jones, a track and field Olympian winner, pleaded guilty in October 2007 to making false statements to Novitzky.

Novitsky was able to convince Kirk Radomski, a former New York Mets club house worker, to become a governmental informer. Radomski has now been convicted of distributing anabolic steroids to over a dozen Major League Baseball players.

Novitzky was also a major source of information in the Mitchell Report.

Novitzky has been criticized by defendants in steroid related cases who allege that Novitzky is biased and unfair. They claim that he has a vendetta against Bonds and Michael Rains,a lawyer for Bonds, asserts that Novitzky lied in the court documents used to obtain much of the evidence gathered against Bonds.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Watching athletes go cold turkey M & G
  2. ^ A Harvest of Trash and Turmoil for an Agent Fighting Steroids. New York Times (November 8, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
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