Daly didn't deny the allegations, other than to say, "I'm really uncomfortable talking about this." Probably because Clemens and her husband, a talented golfer who has long battled an alcohol problem, are good friends. Paulette actually left Daly two weeks after he checked into a rehab program in 1997; her relationship with Clemens supposedly started sometime after that.
It's pretty clear that at this point, Clemens would be wise to drop the defamation of character suit he filed in January against his former trainer Brian McNamee. There's really not much character left to, you know, defend, but there's a whole lot more left to defame. The Daily News' legal expert Ernest Nargi offers up this advice to the Rocket's attorney: "If Roger was my client, I'd say, 'Look, let's sit down and find out what's out there. How many women are there? A girl a day? Every 15 minutes is one going to materialize from a bar or a trailer?' Hardin needs to find out what's out there."