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The family of country singer Mindy McCready, 33, has confirmed reports first published by the New York Daily News that she and the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, Roger Clemens, had a decade-long relationship that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and Clemens was 28, a married father of two and ace pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.

Sources had told the News that McCready went with Clemens to his hotel room in Fort Myers, Fla., after their first meeting but that they did not have sex. The relationship turned intimate after she later moved to Nashville and became a country star, the paper said.

“I cannot refute anything in the story,” McCready told the newspaper in a story posted on its Web site Monday night.

This story could be detrimental to Clemens’ reputation, which is central to the defamation suit the former pitcher has filed against one time personal trainer Brian McNamee. McNamee contends Clemens used performance-enhancing substances during his major league career. After the pitcher denied the allegations, a perjury investigation was launched by the FBI, leading to Clemens’ defamation suit against McNamee.

McNamee’s attorney, Richard Emery, in an e-mail to Associated Press has basically called Clemens a Liar.

“If true, it’s just another example of Roger’s pervasive prevarications which will be at the core of any defamation case.”

“Clemens has made his reputation an issue. He has accused my client of damaging that reputation. He claims he was as American as apple pie and a family man, but if the allegations are true than you cannot blame my client for damaging his reputation.”

“If the case heads to trial and is not dismissed, as we feel it should be, we will be calling (McCready) as a witness.

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