MLB puts Bauer on administrative leave amid allegations

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Earlier this week, a woman obtained a protective order against the Dodgers pitcher and charged him with sexual assault. Bauer has denied the allegations.

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Major League Baseball put Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on paid administrative leave on Friday after a woman charged him with sexual assault earlier this week.

After the allegation was made public, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said on Thursday that Bauer still had to make his scheduled start Sunday in Washington DC against the Nationals as the team waited for the commissioner’s office to make a decision on the decision. way to move forward.

As no arrests have been made and Bauer denies the allegations, the league’s domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy states that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred may place Bauer on leave. administrative paid for seven days. After that, the league can only extend the leave with the agreement of the players’ union, unless the police have arrested or charged him.

The woman accusing Bauer also obtained a temporary restraining order against him. Lawyer Marc Garelick said the protection order was the result of an assault that took place at the hands of Mr Bauer “where the woman” suffered severe physical and emotional pain. “

Pasadena Police have confirmed that the department is investigating assault charges involving Bauer.

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A report from The Athletic said court documents they obtained indicated that the 27-year-old accused Bauer of punching her on the head and strangling her to the point of unconsciousness during two separate sexual encounters. earlier this year. During one of these occasions, the woman claims she woke up to find Bauer having anal sex with her, which she says she did not consent to.

The woman reportedly went to hospital after their second meeting to be treated for multiple injuries.

“I was scared what Trevor would do if he found out,” she said, according to the report, explaining why she initially refused to name Bauer as her attacker. “I’m still afraid Trevor will find me and hurt me for going to the hospital.”

Bauer’s co-agent Jon Fetterolf disputed allegations that Bauer committed non-consensual violence. He said Bauer met the woman in April and the two had a brief, fully consensual sex initiated by the woman.

Its basis for filing a protection order is non-existent, fraudulent and willfully omits key facts, information and its own relevant communications, Fetterolf said. Any claim that the pair’s dating was not 100% consensual is baseless, defamatory and will be refuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Fetterolf said the woman repeatedly asked Bauer for rough sex, demanding to be strangled and slapped in the face.

The lawyer said the woman shared photos of herself with Bauer and indicated that she had sought concussion treatment and Bauer responded with concern and confusion. According to Fetterolf, the woman was neither angry nor accusing.

Bauer signed a free agent contract with the Dodgers during the offseason that made him the highest-paid MLB player in 2021 ($ 40 million) after winning the NL Cy Young last year as as a member of the Cincinnati Reds.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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