HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) — The ex-domestic helper of Roger Clemens said the embattled baseball player gave an honest account when testifying at a Congressional hearing into the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball.
The woman, who declined to be identified, told an American television station that Clemens was not at a party at Jose Canseco's house in 1998.
Clemens' former trainer, Brian McNamee, told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Wednesday that the party is where Clemens first spoke to Canseco about human growth hormone.
"Mr. Clemens is a good guy. I don't know what's going on," said the woman.
"He's a wonderful man. His family and, you know, I cannot believe that he is going through all of this stuff."
The woman said she had been at the party at Canseco's Miami home, but backed Clemens' assertion that he was playing golf.
"No, he wasn't (at the party)," the woman said. "He wasn't. I was there with his little ones and he wasn't and that's what I told. I told the truth. If I have to swear on the Bible or whatever, he wasn't in there."
Canseco and his former wife are among numerous people to have testified that Clemens was not at the event.
The woman, who said she worked for Clemens for 13 years, was not guilty of the allegations of using performance-enhancing substances, as McNamee has claimed.
Members of the committee questioned why Clemens spoke to the former maid before telling them how to contact her.
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