Jack Clark Compares Albert Pujols' Steroid Denial to Lance Armstrong's

By Millard Baker, Senior Writer, Steroid.com

Jack “The Ripper” Clark, has been having a lot of fun being in the spotlight ever since he accused former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Albert Pujols of using anabolic steroids. And it has only gotten better since Pujols filed a lawsuit against Clark for the “malicious, reckless and outrageous [steroid] falsehoods.”

Clark, who was once a star player for the Cardinals, may have been slipping into obscurity when he landed a job co-hosting a new radio talk show at WGNU (920 AM) called “The King and the Ripper.” But his name was once again splashed across national headline when he claimed to “know for a fact” that Pujols used performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).

His job at WGNU didn't last long. His employer didn't appreciate the publicity arising from Clark's steroid accusations. WGNU quickly apologized to Pujols and fired Clark. Clark was in danger of going back down that road to obscurity.

But Pujols decided to go through on his threat to sue. Legal experts around the country universally agreed that it was a bad move on Pujols part. It is notoriously difficult for public figures like Pujols to win this type of defamation lawsuits.

However, this has given Clark exactly what he wanted – a platform to remain in the public spotlight to rally against (what he calls) the “cheating,” “phonies,” “frauds,” “creeps” and “lowlifes” that use steroids in baseball.

Albert Watkins of Kodner, Watkins & Kloecker, the attorney for Clark, responded to the Pujols lawsuit with an entertaining and sarcastic letter to Pujols' attorney, Martin Sanger.

Watkins proposed an alternative settlement to the lawsuit. Rather than go through court, Watkins challenged Pujols to conduct a lie detector test. Pujols would be required to truthfully answer questions about his use of anabolic steroids and PEDs.

Clark would also agree to answer questions regarding the veracity of his statements regarding Pujols' personal trainer Chris Mihlfeld. Clark claimed that his knowledge of Pujols' steroid use came from Mihlfeld.

Watkins likened Pujols' repeated denials of steroid use to the repeated denials made by professional cyclist Lance Armstrong. (Armstrong vehemently denied doping for over a decade only to admit using steroids earlier this year.)

"I believe that we can agree that the protocol employed by Lance Armstrong when he judicially protested with vigor in response to allegations of doping was not, given the totality of circumstances, a course of action either of us would have recommended."

It has become clear that as long as Pujols wants defend his character against Clark's accusations, Clark will continue to thoroughly enjoy the free publicity.

Source:

Frankel, T (October 14, 2013). Jack Clark challenges Albert Pujols to dueling polygraphs over steroids claims. Retrieved from //www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/jack-clark-challenges-albert-pujols-to-dueling-polygraphs-over-steroids/article_3dcc039e-fce6-57ad-96e5-065c724b1e1f.html