Sportsnet.ca – Federal agents have contacted an ex-employee of a Houston fitness center to determine whether Roger Clemens obtained steroids or human growth hormone in Houston, according to the New York Times.
As reported in Friday’s edition of the paper, the employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the federal agents asked about the operation of Shaun Kelley Weight Control, as well as whether Clemens knew the center’s owner, Shaun K. Kelley.
Internal Revenue agents, including Special Agent Jeff Novitzky, are investigating whether there are any links between Clemens and Kelley, but have yet to conduct interviews, according to lawyers familiar with the investigation.
Novitzky, who has spent the past five and a half years investigating the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports, maintains a lead role in the perjury investigation, the lawyers said.
According to the former employee, Clemens visited Kelley’s center in the past few years. Clemens arrived at the center, explained that he was a friend of Kelley and waited while Kelley finished speaking to a client. Clemens then entered Kelley’s office and stayed for about 20 minutes, the former employee said.
Clemens lives about three miles from the fitness center.
