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Pettitte Admits HGH Use Beyond Previous Admission
By Administrator | February 13, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that Yankee southpaw Andy Pettitte has admitted to using human growth hormone (HGH) in 2004.
Late last year, after the Mitchell Report was released, Pettitte admitted that he used HGH — for two days — in 2002 while recovering from an injury. But in his deposition and affidavit provided to Congress last week, he admitted to additional use beyond that previously acknowledged.
In a statement released earlier today, Pettitte’s lawyers said: “In (his) affidavit, Andy informed the committee that in addition to the two shots a day of HGH he took for two days in 2002, he also took HGH for a one-day period in 2004, shortly preceding season-ending elbow surgery”. At the time, he was pitching for the Houston Astros.
In explaining the reason their client had not previously acknowledged the usage in 2004, the lawyer’s statement continued: “Andy had not previously mentioned this usage because he acquired the substance from his father, who had obtained it without Andy’s knowledge in an effort to overcome his very serious health problems, which have included serious cardiac conditions. Andy did not want his father, whom he deeply respects and loves, to be brought into this matter and sought to shield him from publicity. In both cases, Andy used HGH in a misguided effort to recover from injury”.
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