Baseball hit by scandal

The ex-girlfriend of one of America’s richest, most high-profile baseball stars has told a grand jury that he used steroids, according to reports.

Barry Bonds’ former girlfriend Kimberly Bell, who dated the star for nine years, reportedly claimed he told her about the drug use in 2000, when his body began to undergo dramatic changes.

She said Bonds began to suffer baldness, acne and other physical changes consistent with steroid abuse, according to leaked testimony obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle.