The woman accusing Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer of assault provided photo evidence and graphic details in a 67-page document filed as part of a restraining order.
The document, obtained by Brittany Ghiroli and Katie Strang of The Athletic, includes allegations of two separate assaults, and the woman alleged that Bauer strangled her to the point of losing consciousness multiple times. She adds that the encounters, which began consensually, also included Bauer punching her in the face, vagina, and buttocks, and also sticking his fingers down her throat. In one of the incidents, she alleges that Bauer penetrated her anally while she was unconscious, which she never consented to.
Medical notes provided also state that the woman suffered “significant head and facial trauma.” A hearing is scheduled for July 23 to give Bauer and his camp the opportunity to respond to the allegations.
“I agreed to have consensual sex; however, I did not agree or consent to what he did next,” the woman says. “I did not agree to be sexually assaulted.”
The report from The Athletic contains a number of other graphic details. There are also descriptors of the photos, which depict the woman with a visibly bruised and swollen face, a bloody lip, scratches to her face, and a swollen jaw. Also presented to the court is her account of a recorded conversation she had with Bauer with the assistance of the Pasadena Police Department in which Bauer admitted to repeatedly punching her in the buttocks before trying to change the topic when she stated she had not consented to that.
Bauer, the reigning NL Cy Young winner, has denied the allegations. Bauer’s attorney says they have messages proving the encounters were wholly consensual. They also say that the woman reached out to Bauer seeking “rough sex” and to be choked out by him.
“Mr. Bauer had a brief and wholly consensual sexual relationship initiated by [the woman] beginning in April 2021,” Bauer’s agent said in a statement. “We have messages that show [the woman] repeatedly asking for ‘rough’ sexual encounters involving requests to be ‘choked out’ and slapped in the face. In both of their encounters, [the woman] drove from San Diego to Mr. Bauer’s residence in Pasadena, Calif. where she went on to dictate what she wanted from him sexually and he did what was asked. Following each of her only two meetings with Mr. Bauer, [the woman] spent the night and left without incident, continuing to message Mr. Bauer with friendly and flirtatious banter. In the days following their second and final encounter, [the woman] shared photos of herself and indicated that she had sought medical care for a concussion. Mr. Bauer responded with concern and confusion, and [the woman] was neither angry nor accusatory.
“Mr. Bauer and [the woman] have not corresponded in over a month and have not seen each other in over six weeks. Her basis for filing a protection order is nonexistent, fraudulent, and deliberately omits key facts, information, and her own relevant communications. Any allegations that the pair’s encounters were not 100% consensual are baseless, defamatory, and will be refuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
The Dodgers have confirmed they are aware of the allegations. MLB is currently investigating.
Update: You can see the purported text messages exchanged between Bauer and the woman here.
Former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of a drug overdose nearly two years ago, and his family is now suing the team for wrongful death.
According to Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Times, a lawsuit was filed Tuesday morning in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of Skaggs’ widow, Carli. The complaint accuses the Angels of wrongful death and negligence. Former Angels communications director Eric Kay and vice president of communications Tim Mead are also named as defendants.
Skaggs, who was 27, died after choking on his own vomit in a hotel room with fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system on July 1, 2019. Kay was charged last year with distributing the fentanyl that contributed to Skaggs’ overdose.
Before he was charged, Kay had admitted to federal investigators that he provided oxycodone to Skaggs and used opioids himself. He said two other Angels employees, one of which was Mead, knew about Skaggs’ drug use. The Angels said in a statement last year that no one with the team’s management was aware Skaggs was abusing drugs.
“The Angels breached their duty when they allowed Kay, a drug addict, complete access to Tyler,” the lawsuit reads. “The Angels also breached their duty when they allowed Kay to provide Tyler with dangerous illegal drugs. The Angels should have known Kay was dealing drugs to players. Tyler died as a result of the Angels’ breach of their duties.”
The lawsuit does not seek a specific amount in damages.
The Angels could have faced a significant fine from Major League Baseball if it was determined that they knew of Skaggs’ drug use, but MLB never penalized the team.
Alex Rodriguez faced some troubling allegations in a lawsuit that was filed against him by his ex-wife’s brother years ago. The former New York Yankees star may have to prove he did not cheat his former brother-in-law out of money, but it does not sound like the case has any link to A-Rod’s MLB career.
Christian Red of Forbes reports that Rodriguez scored a significant victory in the civil case on June 9, when a judge quashed a subpoena that was directed at Major League Baseball. Constantine Scurtis, Rodriguez’s former brother-in-law, wanted to obtain records and information related to A-Rod’s link to the Biogenesis doping scandal in 2013. Florida Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman ruled that the information is not relevant to the case and does not need to be uncovered.
“The Court finds that Mr. Rodriguez’s alleged steroid use is not relevant nor reasonably calculated to lead to discovery of admissible evidence on the issues framed by the pleadings in this case,” Hanzman said during a Zoom call hearing.
Scurtis, the brother of Rodriguez’s ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis, originally filed a lawsuit against A-Rod in 2014. He claims Rodriguez cheated him out of money after the two began a real estate venture together in 2003, when A-Rod and Cynthia were married. Constantine amended the lawsuit earlier this year to include some new explosive allegations.
A-Rod was suspended for the entire 2014 MLB season due to his alleged involvement in the Biogenesis scandal. The last thing he needs is more information from that investigation coming out, so he dodged a bullet for his career and reputation with the recent court ruling.
Manny Pacquiao is facing a lawsuit from a previous promoter with whom he agreed to do business.
Audie Attar’s Paradigm Sports is suing Pacquiao for alleged breach of contract, The Athletic reported on Saturday. Attar argues that he was working to set up a fight between Pacquiao and Mikey Garcia. Paradigm says they gave Pacquiao a $3.3 million advance that they now want returned. They are also seeking an injunction to block Pacquiao’s planned fight with Errol Spence Jr.
Pacquiao announced in February that he was training for an upcoming fight. There were rumors about him facing Garcia, but then that fight fell through. Pacquiao later announced he was going to fight Spence.
Paradigm, which also represents Conor McGregor, was planning to have Conor and Pac-Man fight. Those plans also fell through when McGregor lost to Dustin Poirier.
Paradigm argues in the lawsuit that Pacquiao caused damage to the company’s boxing promotion business and reputation.
Pacquiao and Spence are scheduled to fight on Aug. 21 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Antonio Brown has had numerous legal issues in recent years, but the star wide receiver put one of them in the rearview on Tuesday.
Brown’s attorney, Sean Burstyn, said in a statement that the seven-time Pro Bowler has completed his probation that stemmed from an incident in which he allegedly attacked a moving truck driver. The probation was completed a full year ahead of schedule:
Brown was arrested last year after he and his trainer were accused of attacking a moving truck driver at Brown’s home in Hollywood, Calif. Brown was arrested and pleaded no contest to a felony battery charge a year ago. The driver, Anton Tumanov, claims he was moving Brown’s belongings from California to Florida last year when he was “met with resistance and violence.” Brown and his trainer allegedly became violent with Tumanov over a payment issue. You can read more details from the incident here.
Tumanov filed a lawsuit against Brown last month. The suit is still pending.
Brown, 32, caught 45 passes for 483 yards and four touchdowns with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season. He recently re-signed with the team on a one-year deal.
Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant Britt Reid pleaded not guilty on Monday to critically injuring a young girl in a February car crash.
Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, was charged with driving while intoxicated causing serious physical injury in April. Reid pleaded not guilty to that charge, according to the Associated Press, and a judge permitted to resume driving with restrictions. Reid’s vehicle will be equipped with a device that forces him to pass a breathalyzer test before the car will start.
Reid hit two vehicles while driving on an on-ramp in Kansas City days before the Super Bowl. The vehicles were stopped on the side of the road, one due to a dead battery and the second owned by a family member who had come to help. 5-year-old Ariel Young, who was in one of the vehicles, suffered a serious brain injury. A lawyer for the family has said she will likely have permanent brain damage as a result of the crash.
Reid was a Chiefs assistant at the time, but is no longer employed by the team. He faces between one and seven years in prison if convicted.
Ezekiel Elliott’s dogs have him in legal trouble again.
According to a new lawsuit obtained by TMZ Sports, an employee at a pet resort claims Elliott’s Rottweiler attacked him as the dog was being taken outside. The plaintiff, Brandon Williams, claims the dog seized his right arm and threw him to the ground. The suit also claims that the attack left him “seriously injured” and the wound required stitches.
Williams is suing both Elliott and Bliss Pet Resort for over $250,000 but less than $1 million.
Elliott’s attorney, Frank Salzano, seemingly acknowledged in a statement that there had been an incident. But he said that it had been “indicated at the time of the incident that this was not uncommon and was being handled under standard spa protocol.” As such, he said Elliott was “very surprised” to learn of the complaint.
This is not the first time Elliott’s dogs have led to legal action, as a woman who was cleaning Elliott’s pool alleged she was attacked in 2020. Elliott is also being investigated by police amid claims that his dogs escaped his home in May and bit neighbors.
Yasiel Puig was sued by a woman last year who claims the former MLB star sexually assaulted her at a 2018 Los Angeles Lakers game, but Puig has vehemently denied the allegations. He has now filed a counterclaim against the accuser.
Puig is suing the woman who accused him of sexual assault, according to court documents obtained by Radar Online. Puig, who is currently playing in the Mexican League, has said publicly that he had consensual sex with the woman in a private bathroom at Staples Center. His counterclaim accuses the woman of defamation and slander.
The alleged victim said she did not know Puig, but Puig says the woman is the one who approached him.
“JANE ROE initiated communications with PUIG, both electronically and in person. She approached him, she messaged him on Instagram, sent him photos of herself, and sent him her phone number,” Puig’s attorney said in the countersuit.
Prior to filing the countersuit, Puig filed a formal response to the allegations in court. He is seeking for the claims to be dismissed.
Puig claims the woman approached him at the Lakers game after contacting him before.
“Although she now claims she was sexually assaulted, she did not make any such claims on the night in question, never made such claims to him in the months that followed, never contacted Staples Center security on that night or at any time thereafter, and never contacted the police on the night in question or any time thereafter. However, beginning in the summer of 2019, approximately eight months after the sexual encounter, she began demanding money from PUIG,” the counterclaim states.
Puig says the woman chose to make the sexual assault allegations against him after he refused to pay her. He is suing her for $10 million in damages.
The alleged victim made detailed allegations against Puig in her lawsuit, but the 30-year-old insists he can prove his innocence.
Derrius Guice might actually get the charges dropped in his domestic violence case.
Guice was released by Washington in August over the domestic violence charges he faced. The 23-year-old was originally facing five charges, including a felony strangulation charge. The felony charge was dropped by the county’s attorney in January. The other four charges include: three counts of assault and battery, and one count of destruction of property.
However, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Guice and the victim reached an agreement in the case. The settlement, which typically includes a monetary amount, could result in the misdemeanor charges being dropped. A judge would have to approve the settlement and agree to have the charges dropped.
The victim accused Guice of strangling her to the point of unconsciousness. She also accused him of pushing her and smashing her phone.
Guice, 23, entered the league as a second-round draft pick in 2018, but only appeared in five games for Washington. He suffered a torn ACL in his first preseason game, costing him the entire 2018 season. His 2019 was shortened by both the MCL sprain and a torn meniscus that cost him most of the first half of the year.
Guice tallied 245 yards and two touchdowns on 42 rushing attempts last season.
Shannon Sharpe delivered a major scoop earlier this week when he got Julio Jones to admit live on the air that the star wide receiver wants the Atlanta Falcons to trade him. The big question is whether or not Jones knew he was on the air. If he didn’t, Sharpe may have technically broken the law.
Sharpe called Jones during FS1’s “UNDISPUTED” on Monday and asked him if he wants to remain with the Falcons. The Pro Bowler, who was on speakerphone, emphatically said, “I’m outta there man.” That was his first public admission that he wants a trade. You can see the video here.
According to a report from Front Office Sports, Sharpe’s on-air exchange with Jones has caused issues between FOX and the NFL. The Falcons were also blindsided, and Jones’ representatives at Creative Artists Agency have reached out to the network about the situation. One source told FOS that it has “become a huge deal.”
There is also a legal element to what transpired. As FOS notes, “UNDISPUTED” is produced at the FOX Sports studio in Los Angeles. California is a two-party consent state, which means you cannot record or air a conversation like the one Sharpe and Jones had unless both parties agree to it. Sharpe could, in theory, be charged with a misdemeanor under California Penal Code Sec. 632, which carries up to a $2,000 fine and/or a year in jail.
Jones would have to file a complaint in order for Sharpe to be charged. That has not happened and it is highly unlikely that it will.
If Sharpe did not inform Jones that he was on the air, it would be the second major flub for the host in the past month or so. He also recently embarrassed himself when he used a fake quote in an attempt to call out Kevin Durant.
