Roger Clemens' Son Speaks Out

When Roger Clemens was accused of using steroids by his former trainer, it stunned and angered a lot of his supporters here in Houston. Now his oldest son Koby is speaking out to tell others how this accusation has impacted him and his family:

“It kills me that this is happening to my dad,” Koby Clemens, an Astros’ prospect, said after Monday’s workout. “What he’s done for the game and what now is being turned back to him for what he’s done for the game is tough. It’s hard on me, but you can’t imagine how hard it is on my dad.”

Koby Clemens, the pitcher’s oldest son, said the ordeal has made his family stronger and brought its members closer together.

Sometimes we forget the effect situations have on a family member. If the allegations are later proved false, that will not erase the damage it has caused.

Ex-Astro's Pitcher, Roger Clemens Files Suit Against Ex-Trainer

If you want to throw stones at Roger Clemens, you better have the balls to back it up:

In a defamation lawsuit filed Sunday night, Roger Clemens claims Brian McNamee, his longtime trainer and chief accuser of steroid abuse, was threatened with jail if he didn't connect the pitcher to steroids.

The lawsuit was filed electronically with the Harris County civil courts Sunday evening just before CBS locally aired Clemens' interview on 60 Minutes.

"I don't know if I'll ever get the naysayers back. I don't know what I'm going to get. Maybe some of my name back," a frustrated Clemens said Sunday. Clemens said this lawsuit will not keep him from testifying before Congress, which he plans to do without asking for immunity or invoking any rights.

The former Houston Astro is being called to testify about McNamee's allegations that the trainer injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormones between 1998 and 2001.

The lawsuit doesn't request a specific dollar amount and Clemens' Houston lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said they filed the suit not to get money, but to clear Clemens' name and discover how the allegations against Clemens came about.

Hardin said they want to learn exactly what was done and not done by federal agents and other investigators who helped U.S. Sen. George Mitchell implicate Clemens in a report on steroid use for Major League Baseball.

Houston fans are outraged at these allegations and they hope the ex-trainer has to pay the piper in more ways than one.