Roger Clemens appealing dismissal of Brian McNamee defamation suit

Seeking to revive the lawsuit against his former trainer Brian McNamee - a suit that is now on life support - Clemens has appealed a federal judge’s 2009 ruling that gutted the defamation case Clemens filed against McNamee three weeks after the Mitchell Report was published.

Lawyers for Clemens… told the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that it was unclear that McNamee was assisting any federal investigation when he spoke to former Senator George Mitchell at the behest of prosecutors.

“What legitimate investigative goal did the government hope to accomplish by having McNamee speak to the Mitchell Commission?” the brief asks. “No one has answered these questions.”