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Did Roger Clemens have an affair with a 15-year-old?
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Naughty teens are big in the news this week. The Daily News reports that baseball star Roger Clemens started a 10-year affair with country star Mindy McCready when she was a 15-year-old karaoke bar singer and he was a 28-year-old Red Sox ace and married father of two.
This publicity could prove extremely harmful to Clemens, who says his relationship with McCready was not sexual. (Especially not if he's using the Bill Clinton definition.) Clemens is in the midst of a defamation of character lawsuit he filed against his former personal trainer Brian McNamee, who testified that the Rocket used steroids.
If it can be shown that Clemens is a cheater at home, then it wouldn't be such a leap to imagine he might also be a cheater on the mound. One of McNamee's attorneys explained to the Daily News:
"The issue in Roger's suit against McNamee is Roger's reputation and how it has been damaged. If it's proved that he's a philanderer, his reputation is already damaged. When you sue for defamation, you put your whole reputation in the community at issue. Anything is fair game, including his claim of sanctimonious purity. We would cross-examine him and other witnesses who might impact on his alleged behavior. We would probably subpoena her and witnesses who knew [of the relationship]. He's a 'family man' - he implies that. It's about what his damages are. All is fair game."
We don't know what Roger Clemens does behind closed doors, from sex to steroids. But we're getting really sick of that Texas-style "sanctimonous purity" in show biz, politics and church. Seriously, folks.
» In the photos: Roger Clemens (left) is shown during spring training in February 2008 [AP Photo]; Mindy McReady is shown performing in 2006 [Getty Images].
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