Feds interview former girlfriends of some athletes

Several sportspersons who are suspected of steroid use become targets of the government. Federal prosecutors do almost everything in order to learn whether some athletes have applied any doping products. They don’t spare taxpayers’ funds for this purpose. Much money is spent to disclose even private life of athletes. According to the government, some details of their private behavior can disclose the truth about intake of forbidden medications. Thus, girlfriends of some sportspersons are interviewed by federal prosecutors.
For example, it has been reported that former girlfriends of Lance Armstrong and Roger Clemens and a former mistress of Barry Bonds have been asked about some aspects related to private life of these athletes. Which questions were asked?
Kimberly Bell, a former mistress of Barry Bonds, was asked about size of testicles of this athlete. She reported that the baseball player’s testicles were shrunken. Thus, her answer served as a proof that Barry Bonds administered steroids and/or other prohibited medicines.
It is known that shrinkage of testicles is included in undesirable results of some steroids. Thus, the government decided to find out whether Barry Bonds had had this problem. But it is an unreliable argument in order to prove that someone has taken some prohibited substances. Consumers of steroids may prevent this adverse consequence, if they administer several medications for this purpose.
Mindy McCready, a former mistress of Roger Clemens, was asked whether this former baseball player had experienced erectile dysfunctions. The singer affirmed that sometimes Roger Clemens had suffered from this problem.
When it comes to erectile dysfunctions, they may occur during usage of steroids. But if you study information about adverse effects of steroids more attentively, you can understand that this problem is more likely to appear after discontinuation of application. It happens because natural secretion of testosterone is usually suppressed by administration of exogenous testosterone. But since there are such medications that have capacity to regenerate natural testosterone secretion, erectile dysfunctions can be prevented.
Sheryl Crow, a former girlfriend of Lance Armstrong, was also targeted by the government. But it is not known what she was asked about. According to certain suggestions, she might have been asked also about sexuality of the cyclist.
In fact, federal prosecutors have a wrong point of view in this case. However testicular atrophy and erectile dysfunctions may occur on account of steroid use, these arguments are not proper.