Dodgers Trevor Bauer is in the clear, at least from a legal perspective, in his sexual assault case.
The DA decided there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed with the case after five months of investigating.
Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer will not be criminally charged by Los Angeles prosecutors, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
The ruling concludes a five-month review of the case, which stems from sexual assault allegations made against Bauer by a San Diego woman who sought a restraining order against him in June 2021.
The District Attorney’s Office reached its conclusion after reviewing evidence from the civil restraining order proceedings and all other physical evidence in concluding that it was unable to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
The following day, a then-27-year-old San Diego woman filed a request for a domestic violence restraining order in which she detailed allegations that Bauer assaulted her over the course of two sexual encounters at his Pasadena, California, home in April and May. In her declaration, the woman — whom ESPN has chosen not to name — alleged that Bauer took rough sex too far, saying that he choked her unconscious on multiple occasions, repeatedly scratched and punched her throughout her body, sodomized her without consent and left her with injuries that prompted a trip to the emergency room.
Bauer’s attorneys, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, denied the accusations, calling them “fraudulent” and “baseless” in an initial statement.
That is good news for Bauer because he won’t be going to jail.
MLB, though could still discipline him though.
In a statement, MLB said its investigation into Bauer “is ongoing, and we will comment further at the appropriate time.” A conclusion of the criminal investigation — more than five months after an L.A. judge dismissed the woman’s request for a restraining order — could allow the league to interview Bauer, which would seemingly expedite the process. But the impending lockout amid ongoing negotiations with the MLBPA over a new collective bargaining agreement could complicate matters.
One of the things that helped Bauer is the accuser had slept with Fernando Tatis and said in the past she would come up off an MLB player.
No matter what is done, the Dodgers will be on the hook for his remaining salary.
Flip the pages for his accuser’s injuries and the text messages between them.
