Roger Clemens Lawsuit Finally Settled after 7-Years

Former Yankees and Red Sox ace Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee have finally reached a settlement after seven years.

In 2008, athletic trainer McNamee filed a defamation lawsuit against Clemens, who called him "disturbed." Clemens also claimed that McNamee had created the evidence of steroid injections. McNamee had kept the medical tools from when he injected Clemens with performance enhancing drugs and presented them to the agents.

"I got to digest this," McNamee said to reporters after the settlement. "I got to go home and have a good meal. Let me sit with it."

"He had a homeowners policy that covered everything," said Richard Emery, one of McNamee's two lawyers said. "We are very pleased and look forward to the next chapter in Brian's life."

The lawyers for both parties reached an agreement Wednesday night at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District in Brooklyn, New York. Clemens, who was represented by his attorney, Chip Babcock, was not present. Babcock revealed that the insurance company AIG conducted the negotiations with McNamee. He also expressed his disappointment that the case did not go to trial.

A spokesperson with AIG declined to comment about the settlement.

"Roger Clemens did not contribute a penny to the settlement," Babcock said. "Nor did he release any claims against Mr. McNamee."

The details of the settlement were not disclosed.

The war between Clemens and McNamee started when McNamee told federal agents as well as Congress that he had injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormones (HGH) routinely between 1998 and 2001. Clemens denied these claims and attempted to discredit McNamee's statements. The pitcher once said that McNamee was an example of "somebody out there that is really crawling up your back to make a buck." Clemens' statements led McNamee to file a lawsuit against him.

In 2012, Clemens was found not guilty of obstructing Congress after he committed perjury by making false statements during a deposition. Clemens lied and stated that he never received steroid or HGH injections from McNamee.

Clemens was a force to be reckoned with throughout his major league career. However, ever since his drug scandal, his reputation as one of the leagues best pitchers in history was tainted.