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(Reuters) - Former Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens on Wednesday reached a settlement to a defamation lawsuit filed years ago by a former trainer who said he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, Newsday reported. Brian McNamee filed the civil suit in 2008, seeking an unspecified amount in monetary damages from Clemens, with whom he trained during stints at the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees. Clemens, who in June 2012 was acquitted of perjury charges over statements to the U.S. Congress denying that he used the drugs, and his lawyers, said in interviews that McNamee was "off the deep end" and trying to "shake (Clemens) down" with "totally false" statements.
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