If you are charged with a sexual assault of a minor your bail shouldn’t be as low as someone who stole something from Walgreens.
Here are the details.
John Wetteland — the former closer for the New York Yankees — was arrested in Denton County, Texas on Monday on suspicion of child sex abuse … official records show.
Details surrounding the alleged incident are unclear — but the charge specifies that the alleged victim is under the age of 14.
The 52-year-old right-hander was booked and posed for a mug shot. He was later released on $25,000 bond.
A probable-cause affidavit filed on Tuesday alleges that he committed three separate assaults between October 2004 and October 2006, according to NBC5 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The victim was allegedly 4 years old when the assault began, according to NBC5.
Wetteland was a star back in the day — he was the MVP of the 1996 World Series, helping his Yankee squad defeat the Atlanta Braves. He posted all 4 saves for the Yanks during that series.
Flip the page for his mugshot.