Will Pettitte Plunk His Pal Clemens?

Report: Pettitte's affidavit supports McNamee's version of events, not Clemens'.

ByABC News
February 12, 2008, 9:36 AM

Feb. 12, 2008 — -- Andy Pettitte's affidavit helps to support Brian McNamee's version of events that the former trainer gave Roger Clemens steroids and HGH, Rep. Tom Davis told Newsday.

Although Pettitte won't testify at Wednesday's hearings, the left-hander's affidavit will be presented to Clemens at the hearing and will be part of the public record, the newspaper reported.

Davis, R-Va., told Newsday that Clemens says in his affidavit that both Pettitte and McNamee are mistaken in their statements.

Newsday, citing confidential sources, reported that during a workout in 2002, Pettitte asked McNamee: "How come you don't give me the stuff you give Roger?" McNamee reportedly replied "Because it's illegal."

Clemens, however, says in his affidavit that Pettitte was mistaken in thinking that the conversation was about steroids or HGH, Newsday reported.

Davis told Newsday that Clemens does not attack Pettitte in his affidavit.

McNamee has accused Pettitte of using human growth hormone -- something Pettitte acknowledged he did do for two days in 2002 to deal with an elbow injury. Before Pettitte spoke to committee lawyers under oath last week, Earl Ward, an attorney for McNamee, said he thought Pettitte would tell the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform he discussed HGH with Clemens between the 2001 and 2002 seasons.

Clemens has vehemently denied ever using performance enhancing drugs.

Rusty Hardin, who is Clemens' attorney, told ESPN's T.J. Quinn that it was "completely understandable" that Pettitte wouldn't want to appear before a hearing. "Who would?" he said.

Asked whether Pettitte's desire to skip the hearing was a sign that his testimony was incriminating to Clemens, Hardin said, "it would be a huge mistake to assume that."

Hardin said Clemens "has always welcomed Andy's participation" and that he plans "to testify fully and truthfully as he always has."

Wednesday's session, which will focus on allegations made in the Mitchell report by McNamee that he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with performance enhancers, had been expected to include five witnesses testifying --