Trial of ex-Padre Giles will have no steroid talks

According to a San Diego Superior Court judge, any evidence of alleged steroid use by former Padres outfielder Brian Giles should be excluded from his ongoing palimony trial against his former fiance.

Judge Jeffrey Barton made this ruling in response to a request by attorneys of Giles before the trial.

From Signonsandiego.com:

Giles’ attorney, James Scott, said this pre-trial request was made because of their concern that Olvera “will try to throw any kind of mud against the wall they can. That’s the reason for the prohibition on the issue.”

“I’ve represented Brian since 2003,” Scott said Monday. “He was never involved in it.”

They argued that Olvera had no expert witness to testify about it, that it was irrelevant to the case and that testimony about this subject would be highly prejudicial.

Olvera is seeking more than $10 million in damages in her palimony and domestic violence suit against Giles. She cited four incidents of alleged domestic abuse -- all denied by Giles -- and said he broke an oral agreement with her to provide for her and her daughter after they broke up in 2008. His attorneys have made the case that she refused to sign a prenuptial agreement and that this is part of a pattern of her seeking money from wealthy men.

It was argued by the attorneys that the ex-fiance of Giles, Cheri Olvera, would apparently attempt to prove Giles’ use of Adderrall (an amphetamine) and anabolic steroids to prove him mentally or physically predisposed to anger or violence.