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McNamee Wants Defamation Suit Thrown Out

Written by Chris Roberts on March 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Brian McNamee wants to misremember Roger Clemens’ defamation suit against him.

I know, I know. The whole “misremember” thing is so two weeks ago now.

Ha! No it’s not.

McNamee’s lawyers filed motions in U.S. District Court in Houston, where the case was moved after Clemens filed it in Texas state court. They said that because McNamee made statements to baseball investigator George Mitchell as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, anything McNamee said to Mitchell was covered by “absolute immunity.”

Now maybe some of the lawyers in the crowd can help me out with this one: I get that McNamee’s immunity covers him criminally, but civilly he can still be gigged for libel and slander, no?

Still, though, with Congress hot on the Rocket’s tail for his lying under oath, I don’t really think McNamee has that much to worry about.

Anybody out there on Roger’s side? Anyone?

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