A woman claiming to be the former mistress of New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has accused him of lying to federal investigators and having knowledge of several Yankees players' drug use, according to USA Today.
The allegations came from documents filed in a New York court, in which Louise Meanwell is asking that lawyer Joseph Tacopino be removed from representing Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez because one of his partners is representing her in an unrelated case against her on stalking and extortion charges, USA Today reported.
Meanwell said she relayed private, "pillow talk" conversations she had with Cashman to her lawyer, Stephen Turano, who is one of Tacopino's partners.
She said she was concerned that she could be called to testify on Rodriguez's appeal of a 211-game suspension handed out by Major League Baseball for his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs.
According to the New York Daily News, Cashman told Meanwell he "knew of Yankee clubhouse steroid use by various Yankee players by name" and "was ambivalent to the use of performance enhancement drugs so long as nothing came back to the Yankee organization," papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court claim.
USA Today reported that Cashman's spokeman, Chris Giglio, declined comment on the matter.
The document says that Tacopino's partnership with Turano gave Tacopino information about Meanwell's relationship with Cashman that could bolster Rodriguez's case against New York.
Meanwell, which the New York Daily News says also goes by the name Neathway, faces 52 criminal charges according to court documents reviewed by USA Today.
She made a pre-trial appearance in New York City Criminal Court on Tuesday. Lawyers for Meanwell requested mental-health records subpoenaed by the New York District Attorney in the criminal case against Meanwell. Charges against the 37-year-old British citizen include stalking, harassment, lying to a grand jury, criminal impersonation and grand larceny.
USA Today added that once Tacopino heard about Meanwell's claims, he argued to have no conflict of interest because Turano represented Meanwell individually, not as part of the Manhattan-based law firm, Tacopino, Siegel and Turano.
Tacopino said he never pas spoken to Turano about Meanwell.
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