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Report: Clemens' DNA will be on 'roid syringes

McNamee kept paraphernalia used to inject drugs into ex-MLB pitcher

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updated 3:23 p.m. ET July 3, 2008

Roger Clemens' DNA will be on syringes and other steroid paraphernalia that trainer Brian McNamee submitted to federal agents, according to a report on ESPN.com.

A brief field by McNamee's lawyers finally details the materials that McNamee submitted to a federal agent in January, but his lawyers had refused to discuss those details until submitting the brief, which was done on Tuesday as part of McNamee's attempt to obtain an early dismissal of a defamation case Clemens filed.

The briefs says syringes and bloodied gauze pads, "will test positive for Clemens' DNA," the ESPN reports.

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It emphatically states that "once the DNA results are revealed, there will be little dispute about who is telling the truth," ESPN reported. Clemens' lawyers have always maintained the evidence was "manufactured."

McNamee's attorney, Richard Emery, told ESPN that McNamee kept the items for the last 7 years because he "had this inkling and gut feeling that he couldn't trust Roger and better keep something to protect himself in the future."

Clemens' lawsuit claims that McNamee defamed him with false allegations about injecting Clemens with HGH and steroids.

McNamee wants the case dismissed or transferred from Houston to New York. Emery argues that federal agents and a congressional committee have determined that McNamee has been truthful.

Emery's defense also relies heavily on statements from Clemens' former teammates Andy Pettitte and Chuck Knoblauch that confirmed what McNamee said about them and their use of performance-enhancing drugs.

It is anticipated that U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison in Houston will rule on McNamee's motions in August or September.

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