Report: Barry Bonds failed 2001 steroids test

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge told prosecutors Friday to redraft their indictment of Barry Bonds

and made public his grand jury testimony, revealing a previously
unpublicized drug test from seven years ago that showed an elevated
testosterone level.

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston

ordered prosecutors to amend Bonds’ indictment so that each of
the five counts against him don’t cite multiple statements that
prosecutors say are false.

Prosecutors originally accused Bonds of lying 19 different times

during his grand jury appearance, and charged him with four counts of
perjury and one count of obstruction of justice.

Illston agreed with Bonds’ attorney Dennis Riordan that prosecutors must edit out many of the alleged lies or seek a new indictment, which could contain more charges.