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Clemens Had Decade-Long Affair With Country Music Singer

Valadius Apr 28 2008 05:28 AM

]Clemens had 10-year affair with country music star McCready Roger Clemens carried on a decade-long affair with country star Mindy McCready, a romance that began when McCready was a 15-year-old aspiring singer performing in a karaoke bar and Clemens was a 28-year-old Red Sox ace and married father of two, several sources have told the New York Daily News. The revelations could torpedo claims of an unsullied character that are central to the defamation suit Clemens filed Jan. 6 against his former personal trainer Brian McNamee. Vivid details of the affair could surface in several media projects that McCready is involved with — including a documentary that begins filming today in Nashville, a new album and a reality show. McCready, who lives on a quiet, tree-lined street in Nashville, is attempting a career comeback following a string of legal and personal woes. Contacted by the Daily News Sunday through his lawyer Rusty Hardin, Clemens confirmed a long-term relationship but denied that it was of a sexual nature. "He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her," Hardin said. "He's considered her a close family friend. ... He has never had a sexual relationship with her." Hardin said the Rocket's wife, Debbie, knew McCready and that the singer had traveled on his plane. Source: New York Daily News

bmfc1 Apr 28 2008 05:43 AM

"He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her...." As if was appropriate to travel with a teenaged girl. Then again, I'm sure he felt it was "appropriate" to have this relationship so it's OK for him to deny having an "inappropriate" relationship. He is truly the lowest of the low. Even Barry Bonds looks at him and says "at least I'm not that bad." Somewhere, Mike Piazza is laughing.

Fman99 Apr 28 2008 06:55 AM

I assumed from the headline that he was having the relationship with Clemens-doppleganger Toby Keith. This is great stuff, though.

Nymr83 Apr 28 2008 06:55 AM

]a romance that began when McCready was a 15-year-old woah!

metirish Apr 28 2008 06:57 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 28 2008 07:20 AM

And he was a 28 year old stud , sorry , a stud in the Red Sox rotation......Clemens is a scumbag , we knew that and now the rest of the country is finding out.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 28 2008 07:13 AM

Yeah, great stuff, that Clemens & his scummy lawyer brought on himself by arrogantly filing a defamation suit against McNamee. McCready seems like vintage white trash: She's a drug abuser, from Florida, scumbag associates & family, trying to make a reality show to gloss over her criminal past, etc etc

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2008 07:17 AM

If he denies having sex with a 15-year-old then I have to believe him, because he's a "titan."

Centerfield Apr 28 2008 07:25 AM

The better thread title would have been: "Roger Clemens - Drug Abuser, Rapist, Adulterer"

Triple Dee Apr 28 2008 07:25 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 28 2008 07:30 AM

Perjury and statutory rape - that's a pretty impressive resume of felonies. Darryl must be so jealous. On edit: I forgot about possession of a controlled substance.

MFS62 Apr 28 2008 07:27 AM

Roger was making up for his teen years. When he was 15, he was into sheep - literally. Later

Frayed Knot Apr 28 2008 07:51 AM

Scandals, bar-rooms, sex with under-age southern trailer-trash, substance abuse, adultery, broken families, reality TV shows, bankruptcy, ... etc. That's just not a country singer, hell that's a country SONG!!

metirish Apr 28 2008 08:23 AM

="Frayed Knot"]Scandals, bar-rooms, sex with under-age southern trailer-trash, substance abuse, adultery, broken families, reality TV shows, bankruptcy, ... etc. That's just not a country singer, hell that's a country SONG!! LOL.......I love it , she'll no doubt tell all now to get publicity for her new show.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2008 08:29 AM

That's what I'm hoping! But no matter what she confesses to, Dan Burton won't believe her.

metsguyinmichigan Apr 28 2008 09:02 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's what I'm hoping! But no matter what she confesses to, Dan Burton won't believe her. Bad ass! Usually I try not to delight in other people's woes. But I make an exception for this bat-chucking bastard. I'm waiting for the "I don't give a rat's ass about her" comment. Hee hee

themetfairy Apr 28 2008 09:30 AM

Perhaps she misremembers.... On Edit - I can't help but think of Debbie, and what her reaction must be. I imagine it being like Bette Midler's when she found out that Danny Devito was cheating on her in Ruthless People.

Kong76 Apr 28 2008 10:19 AM

Delightfully amazin' how fast this guy's stock has dropped. Dude's got more alleged skeletons in his closet than Henry Gray.

Valadius Apr 28 2008 10:40 AM

]McNamee, who worked with and traveled with Clemens extensively over the last decade, has confirmed that he saw Clemens and McCready together on many occasions, including in Clemens' room at his apartment in the former SkyDome, now Rogers Centre, in Toronto, and that Clemens talked of McCready often. Should McNamee decide to countersue for defamation, McCready could surface as a witness for that case as well. According to sources, Clemens was with his Red Sox teammates in a Fort Myers, Fla., bar when then-teenager McCready caught his eye. After Clemens threw a shirt with his and several teammates' signatures onstage, an introduction was made. "It was love at first sight, no doubt about it," said a source with intimate knowledge of the relationship. According to the source, McCready did not learn that Clemens was married to Debbie Clemens until McCready attended a baseball game with her two younger brothers and read Clemens' bio in the program. The source says that McCready was too young to be angered by the news that Clemens was taken. ]Even during her troubles, the sources say Clemens was never far from McCready. Clemens would frequently send bundles of cash in FedEx packages, they say, as she dealt with her legal issues. According to one of the sources, Clemens even reached out to McCready through an intermediary while she was in jail last year, although McCready had cut ties with the Rocket as far back as 2006. Sources say that when McCready, now 32, and Clemens were together, there was barely any friction between them. The two were known to take lavish trips to Las Vegas and New York. One time, McCready attended a Yankees game at the Stadium and jokingly donned a catcher's mask near the home dugout. During another Big Apple excursion, the two holed up in the trendy SoHo Grand and later partied with Monica Lewinsky and Michael Jordan. McCready, according to a source, even bummed a cigar off His Airness to give to Clemens. There were personal love missives to Clemens hidden in McCready's album liner notes. And it wasn't just McCready benefitting from Clemens' generosity. McCready and her brothers used the Rocket's plane for quick hops to to the Florida Keys. Clemens also bought golf clubs for McCready's father, Tim, according to the source with knowledge of the affair. The seven-time Cy Young Award winner's orchestrated public relations blitz began shortly after the Dec. 13 release of the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball. It focused as much on Clemens' family-man reputation as it did on McNamee's checkered past and apparent lies about his involvement in an incident in Florida in 2001 for which he was investigated for sexual assault. No charges were ever filed in that case, but Clemens' lawyer Hardin papered the media with accounts of the incident. The relationship with McCready paints a very different picture of Clemens than the one drawn by Jose Canseco in his book "Juiced," where he went out of his way to say that Clemens was one of very few professional ballplayers who was faithful to his wife. And it smacks of a different Clemens than the one who spoke passionately of his family in his opening remarks to Congress Feb. 13. Debbie Clemens was seated behind her husband at the hearing. "Anyone who has spent time around me knows that my family is and has always been my top priority," a portion of the statement read. "My wife, Debbie, and my sons - Koby, Kory, Kacy and Kody - mean more to me than anything in the world. Having said that, baseball has definitely provided me with significant opportunities off the field."

metirish Apr 28 2008 10:53 AM

Val you tease.............isn't sending bundles of cash via Fed-Ex illegal ?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2008 11:07 AM

If for no other reason, Roger Clemens should go to jail for naming his children after Donald Duck's nephews. And, "partied with Monica Lewinsky and Michael Jordan"? Wow. I can see why he borrowed a cigar from Jordan instead of from Monica...

AG/DC Apr 28 2008 11:13 AM

]There were personal love missives to Clemens hidden in McCready's album liner notes. That's so a baldfaced attempt to get otherwise uninterested peeps (everybody?) to buy her back catalog.

Batty31 Apr 28 2008 11:42 AM

"He has never had a sexual relationship with her." Wow...sounds like Bill Clinton...funny Monica was mentioned in the article.

Nymr83 Apr 28 2008 11:45 AM

metirish wrote: Val you tease.............isn't sending bundles of cash via Fed-Ex illegal ? not in and of itself for any reason that i can think of.

metirish Apr 28 2008 11:50 AM

Yeah , I have been told it's not illegal just not recommended.

Batty31 Apr 28 2008 11:59 AM

I have a Fed Ex envelope here....."the maximum declared value allowed for a FedEx Envelope is $500" Then it says "Shipments within the U.S. with a value greater than $500 should not be shipped in this envelope."

Nymr83 Apr 28 2008 12:01 PM

but is that a fed ex rule or a law?

Kong76 Apr 28 2008 12:03 PM

Large cash gifts are in most cases taxable above a certain amount so if it's done on the quiet it certainly can be illegal. It's just more stinkiness to an al- ready pretty stinky story. She's getting money for legal bills or whatever and can't really put the money into her checking account without sending up all kinds of red flags so what's she paying off her lawyers or whoever in third party cash? What does the lawyer do with all that cash? I don't wanna know.

Nymr83 Apr 28 2008 12:06 PM

hookers, booze, bribes... likely he uses it to pay office expenses, meals, and other things that are generally done in cash. or maybe he just reports the income and lets the chips fall where they will for the other guy.

OlerudOwned Apr 28 2008 01:32 PM

]"My wife, Debbie, and my sons - Koby, Kory, Kacy and Kody - mean more to me than anything in the world." The greatest crime of all.

Fman99 Apr 28 2008 01:52 PM

="OlerudOwned"] ]"My wife, Debbie, and my sons - Koby, Kory, Kacy and Kody - mean more to me than anything in the world." The greatest crime of all. He should've named one of them Kunty.

Triple Dee Apr 29 2008 03:55 AM

Fman99 wrote: He should've named one of them Kunty. I laughed so hard when I read this, and I continued laughing throughout the day. Very good.

Fman99 Apr 29 2008 05:12 AM Re: Clemens Had Decade-Long Affair With Country Music Singer

Valadius wrote: ]Clemens had 10-year affair with country music star McCready Roger Clemens carried on a decade-long affair with country star Mindy McCready, a romance that began when McCready was a 15-year-old aspiring singer performing in a karaoke bar and Clemens was a 28-year-old Red Sox ace and married father of two, several sources have told the New York Daily News. The revelations could torpedo claims of an unsullied character that are central to the defamation suit Clemens filed Jan. 6 against his former personal trainer Brian McNamee. Vivid details of the affair could surface in several media projects that McCready is involved with — including a documentary that begins filming today in Nashville, a new album and a reality show. McCready, who lives on a quiet, tree-lined street in Nashville, is attempting a career comeback following a string of legal and personal woes. Contacted by the Daily News Sunday through his lawyer Rusty Hardin, Clemens confirmed a long-term relationship but denied that it was of a sexual nature. "He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her," Hardin said. "He's considered her a close family friend. ... He has never had a sexual relationship with her." Hardin said the Rocket's wife, Debbie, knew McCready and that the singer had traveled on his plane. Source: New York Daily News According to Mike and Mike, McCready confirmed the romantic relationship in today's Daily News. A day after Clemens' scumbag lawyer denied that it ever happened. I'm looking forward to the story they break about Clemens killing and eating puppies and kittens and then burning down day care centers and dry humping nuns and orphans. Keep it coming!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 29 2008 05:13 AM

Triple Dee wrote: ="Fman99"]He should've named one of them Kunty. I laughed so hard when I read this, and I continued laughing throughout the day. Very good. same here

AG/DC Apr 29 2008 05:49 AM

Triple Dee wrote: Perjury and statutory rape - that's a pretty impressive resume of felonies. Darryl must be so jealous. On edit: I forgot about possession of a controlled substance. How about transporting a minor? My word, this is ugly.

Fman99 Apr 29 2008 05:54 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ="Triple Dee"] ="Fman99"]He should've named one of them Kunty. I laughed so hard when I read this, and I continued laughing throughout the day. Very good. same here Thanks guys. Nothing's funny like taboo profanity used repeatedly and idiotically.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 29 2008 06:19 AM

http://tiny.cc/VpCAu By Tom Weir & Reid Cherner Country singer Mindy McCready isn't challenging the New York Daily News story that said she had a relationship with Roger Clemens as a teen-ager. "I cannot refute anything in the story," McCready told the Daily News in a story posted on its Web site Monday. "I have known Roger Clemens for a long time," she said, without detailing the nature of their relationship. Clemens' lawyer, Rusty Hardin, confirmed the pitcher and singer had known each other for a long time but told the newspaper there was no sex. "At no time did Roger engage in any kind of inappropriate or improper relationship with her," Hardin said in a statement Monday. "It is unfortunate that the Daily News has chosen to report anonymous allegations that are completely unfounded, have no basis in fact, and have nothing to do with Roger's baseball career or the issue of steroid use in baseball." The News' original story, which appeared on the newspaper's Web site Sunday night and in editions Monday, quoted several people who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation. Clemens was 28 and a married father of two when he first met McCready, the newspaper reported. Today, the AP is reporting that: In its story Monday night, sources told the News that McCready went with Clemens to his hotel room in Fort Myers, Fla., after their first meeting but that they did not have sex. The relationship turned intimate after she later moved to Nashville and became a country star, the paper said. The story could undermine Clemens' reputation, which is central to the defamation suit the former pitcher has filed against former personal trainer Brian McNamee. McNamee contends Clemens used performance-enhancing substances during his major league career. "If the case heads to trial and is not dismissed, as we feel it should be, we will be calling (McCready) as a witness," McNamee's attorney, Richard Emery, told the News. The newspaper said Clemens sent cash to McCready to help her with legal issues and reached out to her when she was in jail last year in Tennessee. Clemens sometimes sent her amounts of $25,000, the paper said. The 32-year-old McCready was sentenced last September for violating probation from a 2004 drug arrest and was released from jail last Dec. 30. The violation occurred in July when McCready was accused of scuffling with her mother and resisting arrest at her mother's home in Fort Myers, Fla. She still must serve two years' probation. The News-Press in Fort Myers reported on Monday that McCready's mother confirmed her daughter's long-term relationship with Clemens, but believes the relationship is strictly platonic. McCready's Nashville-based management consultant, John Dotson, told The Tennessean Monday that McCready is in the middle of cutting a record, and also is in negotiations to do a reality show.

MFS62 Apr 29 2008 06:24 AM

Wallace Matthews DEFENDS Clemans. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ny-spwally295667295apr29,0,6830805.column 15 is the new 30??? He was uncomfortable doing it? Then why defend him at all? Later

AG/DC Apr 29 2008 06:27 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 29 2008 07:58 AM

If this were't so filthy, Hardin would crack me up.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 29 2008 06:29 AM

Wallace Matthews writes: "aside from the age of his alleged mistress at the time of their meeting, this is one big non-story," ?

Triple Dee Apr 29 2008 06:31 AM

AG/DC wrote: ="Triple Dee"]Perjury and statutory rape - that's a pretty impressive resume of felonies. Darryl must be so jealous. On edit: I forgot about possession of a controlled substance. How about transporting a minor? My word, this is ugly. Can the POTUS pardon somebody prospectively (ie before a conviction)? The way things are going, this is likely to be Ro-ger's only way out. .

batmagadanleadoff Apr 29 2008 06:33 AM

From USA Today: "Country singer Mindy McCready isn't challenging the New York Daily News story that said she had a relationship with Roger Clemens as a teen-ager. 'I cannot refute anything in the story,' McCready told the Daily News in a story posted on its Web site Monday." __________________ McCready cannot tell a lie. Rog did chop down her cherry tree.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 29 2008 06:33 AM

="batmagadanleadoff"]Wallace Matthews writes: "aside from the age of his alleged mistress at the time of their meeting, this is one big non-story," ? "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln..." Is there a statute of limitations on statutory rape? If he did have sex with her when she was 15, that was 17 years ago. Can he still be prosecuted? I seem to remember that there is a statute of limitations from the priest abuse scandals, wasn't there?

themetfairy Apr 29 2008 06:33 AM

All joking aside, Mindy McCready has led a pretty messed up life. You have to figure that being used like that by an older, married man contributed to the train wreck that her life has become.

themetfairy Apr 29 2008 06:44 AM

Quote du jour, courtesy of Wally - ]Then again, to believe a 28-year-old man could strike up a platonic 10-year friendship with a winsome 15-year-old is kind of like believing the only member of the Clemens family to use HGH was Roger's wife, Debbie.

Triple Dee Apr 29 2008 06:47 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Is there a statute of limitations on statutory rape? If he did have sex with her when she was 15, that was 17 years ago. Can he still be prosecuted? I seem to remember that there is a statute of limitations from the priest abuse scandals, wasn't there? Typically, crimes do not have a limitation period. At least, not in the UK or in my jurisdiction. If she wanted to hit him up for damages, that's a different story.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 29 2008 06:58 AM

My understanding is that only the very harshest crimes do not have statutes of limitations. Murder has no statute of limitations. Statutory rape Statute(s) of Limitations vary from State to State. http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/sexual_assault_statutes.pdf

Kong76 Apr 29 2008 07:05 AM

tmf: >>>You have to figure that being used like that by an older, married man contributed to the train wreck that her life has become<<< Didn't see that spin coming. Poor winsome thing.

silverdsl Apr 29 2008 07:13 AM

Clemens is a scumbag and Wallace Matthews is an asshat for trying to justify a romance between a 15-year old and a 28-year old. Even if there was no sex when she was 15, and I have a hard time believing that, a romance between a 15-year old and a 28-year old is still wrong. There is nothing to excuse or make this kind of relationship acceptable, imo.

metirish Apr 29 2008 07:15 AM

PLJ are right now doing a great song skit about Clemens to the tune of Marc Cohen's "Walking in Memphis" ...........

AG/DC Apr 29 2008 08:01 AM

I'm going to opt not to tune in. I have no problem seeing her as a victim.

Farmer Ted Apr 29 2008 08:20 AM

Perhaps the reason Mindy McCready is so messed up IS Roger Clemens. Some are saying she's a whack job, led a messed up life, blah blah blah. Throw that narcissistic bastard into the middle of a star-gazed 15 year old's life, have him lead her on for 10 years, and see what kind of path she ultimately follows when he's no longer putting her in the spotlight, jetting her around the country, or sending her money (for whatever reason). But he still has a personal services contract with the Astros. "no Yankee is ever coming to Houston; not as long as you bastards are running things!"

Kong76 Apr 29 2008 08:34 AM

AG: >>>I have no problem seeing her as a victim<<< Yeah, that was a tad callous on my part ... it's just that we all new girls when we were 15 who were fast for their age than others. We called them sluts back then, I don't know what they call them now.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 29 2008 08:37 AM

="KC"]AG: >>>I have no problem seeing her as a victim<<< Yeah, that was a tad callous on my part ... it's just that we all new girls when we were 15 who were fast for their age than others. We called them sluts back then, I don't know what they call them now. Floridians.

metirish Apr 29 2008 08:53 AM

I think I saw her on "Cops" one night , I wonder if she has been booked for Larry King yet.

AG/DC Apr 29 2008 08:54 AM

="KC"]AG: >>>I have no problem seeing her as a victim<<< Yeah, that was a tad callous on my part ... it's just that we all new girls when we were 15 who were fast for their age than others. We called them sluts back then, I don't know what they call them now. I know them now. And I knew enough not to take advantage of them when I was 28, what with my jets and money and whatnot.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 29 2008 08:56 AM

I know nothing about country music. (If he wasn't Tug's son, I probably wouldn't know who Tim McGraw was.) But what about this Mindy McCready? How well known is she? Have any of us heard of her before this Clemens connection? Is she a star, or a fringe celebrity?

themetfairy Apr 29 2008 09:13 AM

Farmer Ted wrote: Perhaps the reason Mindy McCready is so messed up IS Roger Clemens. That was the point I was trying to make in my precaffeinated state. I'm not going to try to make her into St. Mindy or anything. But starting an affair with a married man while she should have been in chemistry class had to have had a negative effect on her life. BG - [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_Mccready]Wikipedia[/url] can provide you with the ugly details of Mindy's drug problem.

metirish Apr 29 2008 09:22 AM

I think Rogers is a country music fan , what's the scoop Stevo?

Willets Point Apr 29 2008 09:25 AM

metirish wrote: I think Rogers is a country music fan , what's the scoop Stevo? And he's a Yankees fan too, so he should be able to cover both sides of this story.

themetfairy Apr 29 2008 09:26 AM

According to Wikipedia, this was Mindy's biggest song. It was #1 on the country charts in 1996 -

Kong76 Apr 29 2008 09:29 AM

AG: >>>I knew enough not to take advantage of them when I was 28, what with my jets and money and whatnot<<< Yeah, ya made your point. I already admitted I was a little out of line. Also wouldn't be the first time a slutty 15 year old may have passed herself off as a slutty 19 year old to get a ride in the fast lane but I don't want to digress much further on the slut in question.

Kong76 Apr 29 2008 09:33 AM

In some of the older pictures I saw on the googler she looks like the cousin in Family Vacation who French kisses her father. Is it the same girl?

Willets Point Apr 29 2008 09:36 AM

No that was Jane Krakowski who grew up to play a slutty character on "Ally McBeal."

metirish Apr 30 2008 07:18 AM

No surprise that more women are getting mentioned here. [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/04/29/2008-04-29_source_roger_clemens_had_several_women_f.html]Source: Roger Clemens had several women, flew them on private jet[/url]

Willets Point Apr 30 2008 07:48 AM

Roger Clemens had several women, flew them on private jet, made them carry his bags through customs.

metirish Apr 30 2008 08:16 AM

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John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 30 2008 08:26 AM

I gotta go with the first cartoon. That one is exquisite.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 30 2008 08:28 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I gotta go with the first cartoon. That one is exquisite. Yeah. It's timelier, too.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 30 2008 08:29 AM

Benjamin Grimm May 01 2008 09:33 AM

More women coming out of the woodworks today, as revealed in today's Daily News. Me, I'm waiting eagerly for Sam Champion's name to be added to the list. (It could explain the animosity towards Piazza.)

DocTee May 01 2008 05:13 PM

And, apparently, a dalliance with golfer JOhn Daly's ex: http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/mlb/?cnn=yes

Frayed Knot May 01 2008 08:18 PM

DocTee wrote: And, apparently, a dalliance with golfer JOhn Daly's ex Well that doesn't narrow it down much.

Valadius May 02 2008 06:04 PM

]Several sources told the Daily News Wednesday that Clemens had a relationship with Paulette Dean Daly, a former wife of champion golfer John Daly. The sources said Clemens, a married father of four, arranged trips to Anaheim Stadium for Daly - the latest woman to emerge as an alleged Rocket flame - to watch him pitch for the Yankees against the Angels. Sources also said he spent time with her in Palm Springs, Calif. The pair met at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a Palm Springs golf tournament that Paulette Dean Daly has been involved with for many years - including stints as a "Classic Girl," one of the beautiful women who help in ceremonial duties at the event, sources said. ]News reports have described Clemens as being in attendance as recently as two years ago, dancing around the party with an 8-foot-long boa constrictor around his neck. That one's the kicker.

Willets Point May 02 2008 09:06 PM

Achy Breaky Breaking Ball.

themetfairy Jul 23 2008 04:43 PM

This is sad - [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2008/07/23/2008-07-23_roger_clemens_gal_pal_mindy_mccready_suf.html]Mindy McCready Driven to Nervous Breakdown[/url]