Giants' slugger pleads not guilty to lying in steroid probe

05 February 2009 @ 01:32 pm EDT

Former San Francisco Giants slugger, Barry Bonds pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he lied to a grand jury investigating steroid use in sports.

Baseball star Barry Bonds arrives at a federal court house in San Francisco, California, February 5, 2009. A U.S. federal court on Wednesday unsealed drug test results and a recorded conversation about Bonds that prosecutors say is evidence the home run king took steroids and lied about it. He is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday to charges of making false statements to a grand jury and obstructing justice. His trial is set to start on Mar...

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Bonds was originally was indicted in November 2007, the government however revised the charges twice to fix legal technicalities. This was Bonds' third time pleading in the case. He originally was indicted in November 2007, but the government revised the charges twice to fix now faces 10 counts of making false statements to a grand jury, plus an obstruction of justice charge.

The hearing is scheduled for March 2. If convicted, Bonds faces a sentence between probation and two years in prison.

Giants' slugger pleads not guilty to lying in steroid probe

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