Roger Clemens Has Had a 15-Year Relationship With Mindy McCready

The New York Daily News reported late Sunday that "sources" say Roger Clemens had an ongoing sexual relationship with country singer Mindy McCready. Clemens' lawyer acknowledges the existence of the relationship but disputes that there was any "inappropriate relationship."

With that central dispute established, there is now going to be plenty of discussion about Clemens' character, any sexual activity between he and McCready, and how any of this actually relates to steroids. (Does it? I don't even know anymore.)

Here's the money graf from the News:

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 Daily News.

Ohhh. Well. 15, huh? Yes, that would be awkward. It would also be awkward if, as the source claims, it was "love at first sight" when the two met in a Florida bar while McCready was singing and Roger was with his Red Sox teammates. Naturally, Clemens' ever Fletch Lives-looking lawyer, Rusty Hardin, is issuing strict denials of the sexual aspect of the relationship.

'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.

Regardless of whether there is/was/has been any sexual manner of interaction between the two, this is going to be Hardin's response, so there's not much to read into there. But if the Daily News' sources are accurate, things could get awkward, especially considering there are allegations of trips to Las Vegas, partying with Monica Lewinsky and Michael Jordan and "bundles of cash in FedEx packages" sent from Clemens to McCready.

The Mitchell Report: the gift that keeps on giving. Sigh.

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