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http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBLVYVALBE.html Country Singer Tries To Kill Self, Police Say By STEPHEN THOMPSON spthomp...@tampatrib.com Published: Jul 25, 2005 INDIAN ROCKS BEACH - Country Singer Mindy McCready was found unconscious Friday in the lobby of a hotel after apparently trying to kill herself, Pinellas sheriff's authorities said. McCready, 29, whose 1996 debut album included the hit ``Maybe He'll Notice Her Now,'' had taken large amounts of two substances and imbibed a large amount of alcohol, a sheriff's report states. The sheriff's office declined to identify the substances, saying that doing so would violate McCready's medical confidentiality rights. She was taken to an area hospital. Also in the lobby with McCready at the Holiday Inn Harborside was William McKnight, 39, a country singer from Brandon who described himself to authorities as McCready's fiance. McKnight was arrested in May in Nashville, Tenn., on charges he tried to kill McCready. McKnight reportedly told her she was not going to see other men before he punched her in the face, banged her head against a headboard and choked her until she began to lose consciousness, published reports state. McKnight posted $130,000 bail last month while charges of attempted criminal homicide and aggravated burglary wind through the Tennessee judicial system. Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said deputies asked the police department in Nashville whether a domestic violence injunction or any other type of restraining orderwas in effect, to prevent either McKnight or McCready from being near each other. None was, Bordner said. In the lobby, McKnight told deputies ``he had been having some relationship problems with McCready,'' and then handed them a four-page suicide note McCready had penned. ``McCready wrote about having problems with her relationship and wrote in the note saying goodbye to her family members and friends,'' the sheriff's report states. The note itself was not released. About the same time McCready tried to kill herself, reports surfaced that she faced five charges in Arizona stemming from her involvement with an alleged con artist. McCready is charged with two counts of unlawful use of transportation, and one count each of taking the identity of another, attempted fraudulent schemes and artifices, unlawful imprisonment and hindering prosecution, published reports state. An arraignment date of July 29 had been set. In May, McCready was arrested in Tennessee and charged with driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license. Last year, she pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy and was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. She is the one that used to go out w/ Superman Dean Cain. She was kind of popular in the mid to late 90's.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Mindy McCready has been released from a Florida hospital, four days after an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said. McCready, 29, was released Tuesday. The country singer was found unconscious Friday in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Harborside in Indian Rocks Beach, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. William McKnight, who was with her and described himself as McCready's fiance, told investigators that she had taken large amounts of two unidentified substances, consumed a lot of alcohol and left a four-page suicide note. "No criminal charges are anticipated against McCready or McKnight, and the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office will be taking no further action in this matter," said a press release on the Web site of the sheriff's office. McKnight, 39, was charged in Nashville with attempted criminal homicide and aggravated burglary after he allegedly beat McCready at her home in May. He posted $130,000 bail last month. After the attack, the singer went on nationwide TV shows to speak out against domestic violence. A few days before the attack, McCready - who had a hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time" - was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license. Last year, she pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a suburban pharmacy and was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

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http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader...on/12248770.htm Posted on Thu, Jul. 28, 2005 BY BETH GILLIN Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) - Some call it attempting suicide after getting beaten up by your boyfriend. But country singer Mindy McCready calls it divine intervention. "I think God's been trying to get my attention and telling me I'm supposed to be out there singing and entertaining," McCready said after her release this week from a Florida hospital, where she was treated for a drug overdose. That doesn't mean McCready, 29, is ditching said boyfriend, William McKnight, 39, even though family members say they fear for her life. "He beat me up badly, and my family's upset about it. They don't want us to reconcile," said McCready, who's working on her seventh album. She plans to discuss domestic violence on the Oprah Winfrey show in September. She's due to be arraigned Friday in Arizona on fraud charges; McCready says she was victimized by a con man. McKnight faces charges of attempted criminal homicide and aggravated burglary in Nashville related to the beating in May at McCready's home. "He was at no time trying to murder me," McCready insists. Maybe Oprah can intervene.

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McCready Misses Court Date By Marcus Errico

 

 

A week after her failed suicide attempt, Mindy McCready wasn't

ready to make the trip from Florida to Arizona for a court date

Friday.

 

 

The former Nashville darling had been scheduled to be arraigned on

charges of unlawful use of a means of transportation and hindering

prosecution in Mohave County Superior Court, in Kingman, Arizona. The

charges stem from an alleged pickup-jacking incident in the resort

community of Lake Havasu. Local police haven't elaborated on the

nature of the crime, but say McCready and a man named Guillan

Cissin-Deangelo stole a truck and forced a woman to accompany them

against her will.

 

 

McCready's lawyer had called prosecutors to tell them the singer

wouldn't be able to make the hearing. Judge Bob Moon reset the

arraignment for Aug. 30.

 

 

On Tuesday she checked out of a Tampa-area hospital, where she had

been treated for an overdose. The 29-year-old was discovered

unconscious in a hotel after ingesting large amounts of alcohol and

two unidentified substances. She was found by aspiring country singer

William McKnight, who identified himself to authorities as her fiance

and provided them with what seemed to be a four-page suicide note.

 

 

McCready had reportedly gone to Florida, where her mother lives, after

being arrested in Arizona.

 

 

McKnight was arrested in Nashville in May on charges of attempted

murder after he allegedly broke into McCready's home in a jealous rage

and beat and choked her until she was unconscious.

 

 

Last month, he posted $130,000 bail and was released. The couple have

apparently since reconciled.

 

 

Police said on Wednesday that neither McCready nor McKnight would face

criminal charges for the overdose, the latest incident in what has

been a yearlong downward spiral for the onetime rising star.

 

 

McCready burst onto the Nashville scene in 1996 with the chart-topping

"Guys Do It All the Time" off her hit debut, Ten Thousand Angels and

seemed poised for superstardom.

 

 

But within a year she had split with her Hollywood hunk fiancé

Dean Cain. Her music career went in the tank and then the wheels came

off.

 

 

She pleaded guilty last year to using a fake prescription to obtain

the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy in Tennessee. She was fined

$4,000, sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered

to perform 200 hours of community service.

 

 

In May, McCready was charged with driving under the influence and

driving with a suspended license.

 

 

The songbird had been due in a Tennessee courtroom Monday for a

probation-violation hearing. A judge ordered her attorney to produce a

doctor's note to excuse her absence.

 

 

While details in her Arizona case have been scant, the charges could

lead to jail time. Her codefendant Cissin-Deangelo, meantime, pleaded

innocent during his arraignment on Monday. He faces the same charges

as McCready in addition to unlawful imprisonment, identity theft and

attemped fraud.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_en_...eady_warrant;... FRANKLIN, Tenn. - An arrest warrant issued for Mindy McCready says the country singer has violated her probation on a drug charge, authorities said Wednesday. A judge signed off on the warrant Monday because McCready left Tennessee without getting permission from her probation officer and didn't report to the officer during July, according to Williamson County Sheriff's officials interviewed Wednesday. Authorities said this was McCready's second probation violation, which means she cannot post bond this time and likely will have to serve time in jail. The probation violations stem from charges brought against the singer last year, when she pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy in Williamson County. She was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. McCready violated her probation on May 6 when she was charged with driving under the influence in Nashville. She posted a $5,000 bond in Franklin, according to sheriff's records. A few days later, McCready's boyfriend, William McKnight, was charged with attempted murder after allegedly breaking into her home and beating her. Last month, McCready was released from a Florida hospital after an apparent suicide attempt at an Indian Rocks Beach hotel, authorities said. The 28-year-old singer had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexd?blogid=7/ McCready Pregnant? Troubled country star Mindy McCready reportedly discovered she's pregnant while in jail for violating probation. The singer was arrested last week for violating her probation from a drug conviction and discovered she's with child, according to the tabloid National Enquirer, after a medical check-up at the Pinellas County Jail in Florida. It isn't known who the father is but McCready is reportedly back in the arms of ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight, who she charged with attempting to beat her to death earlier this year. McCready has had a controversial summer -- she was charged with identity theft, arrested for drink-driving in May and she reportedly attempted suicide in July by taking an overdose of prescription pills.

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Singer Mindy McCready Released on Bond

 

 

Mindy McCready has been released from jail on $50,000 bond on a charge of

probation violation.

 

 

The 28-year-old country music singer was released Wednesday, but must stay

within 50 miles of Williamson County and meet with a probation officer twice

a week.

 

 

Her next court date is in November.

 

 

McCready, who had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time," had

been jailed since Aug. 26, when she was arrested in Florida.

 

 

The probation violation stems from charges last year when she pleaded guilty

to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy. She was

fined $4,000, sentenced to three years of supervised probation and ordered

to perform 200 hours of community service.

 

 

McCready violated her probation in May when she was charged with driving

under the influence in Nashville, 15 miles north of Franklin.

 

 

A few days later, McCready's boyfriend, William McKnight, was charged with

attempted murder after allegedly breaking into her home and beating her.

 

 

In July, McCready was released from a Florida hospital after an apparent

suicide attempt at a hotel.

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Mindy McCready Tried to Kill Herself

 

 

Country singer Mindy McCready said she tried to kill herself this summer

after she found out she was pregnant.

 

 

McCready, 29, testified in a Williamson County court Monday that the

pregnancy also was the reason she broke her probation on a drug conviction

by going to Florida. The singer was in court to appeal the terms of a

$50,000 bail agreement she made to stay out of jail on a probation violation

charge.

 

 

McCready said she went to Florida in July to be with family after a series

of problems that included a drunken driving arrest in Nashville, a beating

by her boyfriend and an arrest in Arizona on charges stemming from her

involvement with a con man she said she was trying to help police catch.

 

 

"I had just been through a horrible ordeal," she said in court. "I was going

to visit family."

 

 

Pinellas County, Fla., authorities said they found the singer unconscious

from a drug overdose in a hotel lobby on July 22. The man charged with

attempted murder in the beating, William McKnight, was with her.

 

 

"I attempted to commit suicide after I found out I was pregnant," McCready

said in court.

 

 

McCready was on three years' probation after pleading guilty last year to

obtaining the painkiller OxyContin fraudulently at a pharmacy in Williamson

County. She also was fined $4,000 and ordered to perform 200 hours of

community service.

 

 

Authorities said McCready left Tennessee without getting permission from her

probation officer and did not report to the officer the entire month of

July. It was her second probation violation.

 

 

She was arrested Aug. 26 in Florida - after treatment for the suicide

attempt - and taken to the Williamson County Jail, where she spent 10 days

before being released on bail.

 

 

Prosecutors said part of the reason they agreed to her release was because

she was experiencing medical complications from the pregnancy.

 

 

Under terms of her bail, she must remain within a 50 miles of Williamson

County, submit to random drug screens, wear an ankle monitoring device, meet

with a probation officer twice a week, and be home between the hours of 7

p.m. and 6 a.m.

 

 

McCready said the curfew would conflict with her agreement to appear on "The

Oprah Winfrey Show" at the end of the month.

 

 

Judge Jeff Bivins told her she could break curfew with her probation

officer's permission and rejected her request for the bail provisions to be

eased. He also ordered her to begin serving eight hours of her community

service sentence each month.

 

 

McCready, who had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time," is

scheduled to face trial for probation violation Nov. 14.

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Mindy McCready Says She Attempted Suicide After Learning She Was PregnantThe Associated PressSep. 20, 2005 - Mindy McCready, who was found unconscious from a drug overdose in a Florida hotel lobby in July, told a Williamson County court that she attempted suicide after learning she was pregnant. McCready, who was released from jail earlier this month on $50,000 bond on a charge of probation violation, appeared in court Monday to appeal the terms of the bail agreement.The 28-year-old country singer said she went to Florida to be with family after a series of problems that included a drunken driving arrest in Nashville and a beating by her boyfriend."I had just been through a horrible ordeal," she said in court. "I was going to visit family."Authorities in Florida's Pinellas County said they found the singer unconscious from a drug overdose in a hotel lobby on July 22."I attempted to commit suicide after I found out I was pregnant," she said in court.McCready was on three years' probation after pleading guilty last year to fraudulently obtaining the painkiller OxyContin at a pharmacy in Williamson County.She left Tennessee without permission and didn't report to her probation officer during the entire month of July, authorities said. It was her second probation violation.McCready was arrested Aug. 26 in Florida and taken to the Williamson County Jail, where she spent 10 days before being released on bail.Prosecutors said part of the reason they agreed to her release was because she was experiencing medical complications from the pregnancy.Under terms of her bail, she must remain within 50 miles of Williamson County, submit to random drug screens, wear an ankle monitoring device, meet with a probation officer twice a week and be home between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.McCready said the curfew would conflict with her agreement to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the end of the month.Judge Jeff Bivins told her she could break curfew with her probation officer's permission and rejected her request for the bail provisions to be eased.McCready, who had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time," is scheduled to face trial Nov. 14 on the probation violation.Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.Copyright © 2005 ABC News Internet Ventures

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This gal is a frickin' trainwreck............her ex-boyfriend Dean Cain probably :lol: jumps for joy :lol: he got rid of her..........geez...she has had 2 drug overdoses already w/ this pregnancy...........I hope the authorities take this kid away....she has already abused it and its not even born yet.........

 

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Posted on Fri, Sep. 23, 2005

 

 

Police: Pregnant Mindy McCready overdoses

 

 

Associated Press

 

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country singer Mindy McCready was hospitalized

after overdosing on antidepressants early Friday following a quarrel

with the father of her unborn child.

 

 

She was in fair condition Friday afternoon, officials said.

 

 

According to a police report, McCready and William McKnight were

arguing on the phone about whether his parents would help pay for the

pregnancy. He cursed at McCready and she became angry and took about

30 antidepressant pills, the report says.

 

 

After McKnight called her back and she didn't answer, he called police

and an ambulance.

 

 

McCready's lawyer did not return a phone message to his office.

 

 

McCready, 29, has had a series of legal and personal problems in

recent months, including a drunken driving arrest in Nashville, a

suicide attempt and an arrest in Arizona on charges stemming from her

involvement with a con man she said she was trying to help police

catch.

 

 

McKnight was also charged earlier this year with trying to kill her.

McCready said he punched her in the face and tried to choke her.

 

 

Last year, McCready was charged with obtaining the painkiller

OxyContin fraudulently at a pharmacy. She pleaded guilty and was

placed on three years' probation.

 

 

McCready had a No. 1 hit in 1996 with "Guys Do It All the Time."

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Mindy McCready Wants Attacker To Apologise November 4, 2005, 5:40:08 McCREADY WANTS ATTACKER BOYFRIEND'S APOLOGY Country star MINDY McCREADY wants her estranged boyfriend BILLY McKNIGHT to apologise for violently beating her - because she's convinced this is the only way he'll face his drug and alcohol demons. McKnight is facing charges of attempted murder following his alleged drug-fuelled attack on the singer in May (05), and, appearing on OPRAH in America yesterday (03NOV05), McCready revealed her ex had put her in hospital twice before. But she refuses to give up on the father of her unborn baby, and admitted on TV she almost didn't call for an ambulance after his last attack on her - because she was ashamed of herself. She said, "I had to be talked into going because I was so embarrassed. I didn't want to go. I didn't want anybody to know." McCready admitted she's in denial and still meets up with her alleged attacker - even though McKnight has a restraining order against him, stipulating he must stay away from his ex. She added, "I've seen him several times since the beating, which you're really not supposed to... (but) I didn't believe he was really trying to kill me. "I was with him for a year and a couple months before this all happened and it was the most tumultuous relationship of my entire life, but I really truly loved him. "Each time that he would do something horrible to me, I would go to save him after the incident." The singer admitted her ex has a hard time accepting he almost killed her back in May, and refused to join her on the TV show unless she promised to "dampen" her story about the attack. She explained, "We haven't been able to talk about this situation and get along through it because he doesn't think that he did very much wrong, and I want him to be truly sorry for it. I want him to realise how extremely scared I was and how this is going to effect me for the rest of my life."

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McCready Released From Jail Early

 

 

Troubled country star Mindy McCready has been released from jail in Tennessee, after serving three months of a year-long sentence for violating her probation.

 

The 32-year-old was locked up in September on charges of battery and resisting arrest, following an argument with her mother.

 

A court ruled the charges violated her probation stemming from a 2004 prescription drug fraud charge.

 

Speaking after her release on Sunday, McCready said, "I'm so happy to be out. I'm the happiest girl in the world right now.

 

"I'm going to work, work, work and sing, and I'm going to see my son (Zander, 1) who I miss."

 

As a condition of her early release, McCready must spend the next two years on probation.

 

The singer has a history of personal problems, including a physically abusive relationship with a former boyfriend and several suicide attempts.

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Troubled country star MINDY MCCREADY has been released from jail in Tennessee, after serving three months of a year-long sentence for violating her probation. The 32-year-old was locked up in September (07) on charges of battery and resisting arrest, following an argument with her mother. A court ruled the charges violated her probation stemming from a 2004 prescription drug fraud charge. Speaking after her release on Sunday (30Dec07), MCCready said, "I'm so happy to be out. I'm the happiest girl in the world right now. "I'm going to work, work, work and sing, and I'm going to see my son (Zander, one) who I miss." As a condition of her early release, MCCready must spend the next two years on probation. The singer has a history of personal problems, including a physically abusive relationship with a former boyfriend and several suicide attempts.

 

 

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Mindy McCready's Son Helped Her Through Prison

 

Country singer Mindy McCready has credited photos of her baby son Zander and his frequent phone calls for helping her survive in jail.

 

The star has recently been released from a six month sentence for a parole violation, and only saw her son once while she was incarcerated. And now the singer, who attempted suicide twice while she was pregnant with her son, insists she's a changed woman.

 

She tells the news show Access Hollywood, "I've paid dearly for my sins... just in the time spent away from my son." And she's determined not to repeat the mistakes of her past, where she racked up a series of drug-related and driving offenses.

 

She adds, "I don't even know that person anymore."

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Mindy McCready Regrets Oprah Appearance

 

Country singer Mindy McCready cringes every time she recalls her tearful interview on the Oprah Winfrey Show last year - because she swore undying love to the boyfriend who almost beat her to death.

 

McCready's ex, Billy McKnight, was jailed for his savage and bloody attack on the singer, but that didn't stop her from sitting down with Oprah Winfrey and telling the talk show host she still loved her former boyfriend.

 

Winfrey attempted to reason with McCready as the singer sobbed about her feelings for incarcerated McKnight.

 

But, after her own recent six-month jail sentence for violating probation gave her the chance to think about her life, McCready admits her Oprah appearance is one of the many things she's ashamed of.

 

McCready says, "That whole Oprah show is so embarrassing for me to look at now. There I was still pining over someone that tried to kill me."

 

And the singer, who was once engaged to TV Superman Dean Cain, admits she's now convinced the only positive thing to come out of her relationship with McKnight was their son Zander.

 

She adds, "Billy and I made a beautiful child together and it was definitely by far... the only good thing in that relationship."

 

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)

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Sources: Roger Clemens had 10-year fling with country star Mindy McCready

 

New York Daily News

April 28th 2008

 

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.

 

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.

 

From a public relations standpoint, Clemens' decision to file the suit against McNamee the night the Rocket appeared with Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes" could end up being the biggest risk he has taken yet. Clemens, under investigation for perjury, has already endured the ignominy of publicly admitting his wife's own human growth hormone use, having photos of bloody gauze and needles linked to him and embarrassing scrutiny of an alleged injection-site abscess on his buttocks.

 

'Anything is fair game'

 

The romantic link to McCready, which spanned his stints with the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees and Astros, could emerge as a trump card for McNamee's legal team.

 

"The issue in Roger's suit against McNamee is Roger's reputation and how it has been damaged," said Richard Emery, one of McNamee's lawyers who is handling the defamation suit. "If it's proved that he's a philanderer, his reputation is already damaged. When you sue for defamation, you put your whole reputation in the community at issue. Anything is fair game, including his claim of sanctimonious purity. We would cross-examine him and other witnesses who might impact on his alleged behavior. We would probably subpoena her and witnesses who knew [of the relationship]. He's a 'family man' - he implies that. It's about what his damages are. All is fair game."

 

The sources asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation. Hardin said Sunday he had no knowledge of an affair.

 

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.

 

'She's lived life out loud'

 

After hitting stardom in the mid-1990s - her debut album "Ten Thousand Angels" went platinum - McCready continued to see Clemens, according to the sources, although there were several breaks along the way when McCready was involved with other men. She was briefly engaged to actor Dean Cain and later was in an abusive relationship with Billy McKnight - the father of her only child, Zander.

 

Her personal life, however, soon played out like a bad country song. There was a 2004 arrest for prescription fraud. A near-overdose while pregnant. A guilty plea by McKnight for assaulting McCready. And her stint in a Tennessee jail last year after violating probation, for allegedly hitting her mother in Florida.

 

"She's lived a life out loud," says one of her record managers, John Dotson. Dotson and Iconic Records President Michael Fancher are pooling their talents with Los Angeles producer Blake Freeman to resurrect McCready's career.

 

"She's trying to get back to where she was early in her career," says Freeman, who is the executive producer on McCready's "Fallen Angel" documentary and her "Mending Mindy" reality series. "She's a great person, and this will help her get back in the good graces with the industry."

 

Partied with Michael Jordan

 

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."

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Mindy McCready –- Roger's Underage Ballgirl?

 

Country trainwreck Mindy McCready might be a brand new pain in the ass for Roger Clemens, if a report claiming a relationship between the pitcher and the singer -– starting when she was 15 – turns out to be true.

 

The New York Daily News is reporting that McCready met Clemens when she was 15, and for the next ten years, the pair spent plenty of time together, with McCready coming to games and sitting behind home plate when the Rocket pitched. The allegations may hurt Clemens' cause in his defamation suit against ex-trainer Brian McNamee.

 

Clemens' lawyer admitted that the pair had a relationship but that it wasn't sexual.

 

Source: TMZ

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Clemens began affair with singer when she was 15: report

 

NEW YORK (AFP) - Embattled Major League Baseball star Roger Clemens began a 10-year affair with country music singer Mindy McCready when she was just 15 years old, the New York Daily News reported Monday.

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Citing several unnamed sources, the newspaper's report is the latest blow to the legendary pitcher's reputation as he fights allegations of steroid doping and remains under investigation for lying at a Congressional hearing.

 

Clemens began the affair when he was 28, a married father of two and pitching for the Boston Red Sox while McCready, now 32, was a karaoke bar performer dreaming of a singing career, the News reported.

 

Such an affair would undermine the defamation lawsuit Clemens filed on January 6 against former trainer Brian McNamee, who claimed he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone several times between 1998 and 2001.

 

Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award-winner nicknamed "The Rocket", testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 13 that he never took steroids or human growth hormone.

 

But two months ago, committee chairman Henry Waxman asked the US Justice Department to investigate Clemens because his accounts differed greatly with those of McNamee and Andy Pettitte, a former Clemens teammate also trained by McNamee.

 

McCready is the subject of a reality television show and documentary and lives in Nashville, Tennessee, as she attempts a musical comeback with a new album.

 

Rusty Hardin, Clemens' attorney, said Clemens and McCready had a long-term relationship but also told the Daily News it was not sexual in nature.

 

"He flatly denies having had any kind of an inappropriate relationship with her," Hardin said. "He has considered her a close family friend. ... He has never had a sexual relationship with her."

 

Hardin also said Clemens' wife Debbie knew McCready and knew the singer had traveled on the plane with the pitcher.

 

McNamee attorney Richard Emery told the News that a romantic link between Clemens and McCready that spans his years pitching for Boston, Toronto, the New York Yankees and Houston Astros could haunt Clemens.

 

"The issue in Roger's suit against McNamee is Roger's reputation and how it has been damaged," Emery told the News. "If it's proved he's a philanderer, his reputation is already damaged.

 

"When you sue for defamation, you put your whole reputation in the community at issue. Anything is fair game, including his claim of sanctimonious purity. We would cross-examine him and other witnesses who might impact on his alleged behaviour. We would probably subpoena her and witnesses who knew (them).

 

"He's a 'family man'. He implies that. It's about what his damages are. All is fair game."

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McCready to Vivid: Destroy My Sex Tape or Else!

 

Mindy McCready has fired off a nasty threat to the porno company planning to distribute her sex tape -- destroy the tape ... or her lawyer will unleash hell.

 

TMZ has obtained a cease and desist letter just fired off to Vivid Entertainment in which Mindy's lawyer claims the tape -- which reportedly shows Mindy describing sexual encounters with celebrities like Roger Clemens -- was "never intended for sale or public distribution."

 

Mindy's lawyer believes Vivid does not have the right to distribute the tape -- which Mindy claims was stolen from her home three years ago -- and they want Vivid to "destroy" any copies they have of the tape ASAP.

 

A rep from Vivid was unavailable for comment.

 

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