TREVOR Bauer is set to appear in a Los Angeles court today after he was accused of alleged sexual assault.
Bauer denied the allegations ahead of the July 23 hearing on the temporary restraining order against him that his alleged victim was granted in California.
The LA Dodgers star is expected to contest her claims against him after his administrative leave was extended to July 27 and their text exchanges and "assault photos" were seen.
His accuser alleged that she consented to have sex with him, but that she "did not agree or consent to what he did next … I did not agree to be sexually assaulted."
Bauer's agent Jon Fetterolf denied the woman's accusations and told TMZ: "Mr. Bauer had a brief and wholly consensual sexual relationship initiated by [the accuser] beginning in April 2021."
The woman's attorney Marc Garelick said: "We anticipate there will be criminal action against Mr. Bauer, and it is our hope law enforcement will take our client’s allegations and case seriously."
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- Katie Balevic
BAUER'S AGENTS DENY CLAIMS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LEAVE
In a statement earlier this month, Bauer's agent Jon Fetterolf said: "We continue to refute [the woman's] allegations in the strongest possible terms and Mr. Bauer vehemently denies her account of their two meetings.
"Again, administrative leave is neither a disciplinary action nor does it in any way reflect a finding in the league's investigation."
The Pasadena Police Department is investigating Bauer for allegations of felony assault. The MLB is conducting its own separate probe.
- Katie Balevic
BAUER'S LEAVE EXTENDED
LA Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer's paid administrative leave was extended, keeping him off the field until at least July 27, the MLB confirmed.
Under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse policy, the league needed approval from the players union to extend Bauer’s leave.
Bauer has not been charged or arrested. He has also insisted the sexual encounters between him and his accuser were consensual.
- Katie Balevic
ACCUSER TO TESTIFY TODAY
Trevor Bauer's accuser, identified only as Ms. Hill, is expected to testify today at the hearing for her ex-parte domestic violence restraining order against Bauer.
It is "unclear" whether Bauer will testify as well, according to a reporter familiar with the case.
- Katie Balevic
BAUER DENIES ACCUSATIONS, CONTINUED (PART 3)
Trevor Bauer’s agent Fetterolf added of the accuser: “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 100percent consensual are baseless, defamatory, and will be refuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
- Katie Balevic
BAUER DENIES ACCUSATIONS, CONTINUED (PART 2)
“We have messages that show [the accuser] repeatedly asking for ‘rough’ sexual encounters involving requests to be ‘choked out’ and slapped in the face,” Bauer’s agent Fetterolf said.
“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,” Fetterolf’s statement, first reported by TMZ, reads.
“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.”
- Katie Balevic
BAUER DENIES ACCUSATIONS THROUGH AGENT
Trevor Bauer has vowed the two encounters in April and again in May were agreed to by both parties.
“Mr. Bauer had a brief and wholly consensual sexual relationship initiated by [the accuser] beginning in April 2021,” Bauer’s agent Jon Fetterolf said after the accusations were first exposed.
In the first encounter, the woman reportedly drove from San Diego to Los Angeles to meet Bauer.
Fetterolf purportedly claims to have exculpatory text messages that show the woman was a willing participant who asked for and received rough sex, including to be “choked out” and slapped in the face.
- Katie Balevic
'INVESTIGATION REMAINS ACTIVE'
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE HEARING ON JULY 23?
A hearing related to a restraining order obtained by Bauer’s accuser is scheduled for July 23.
The woman obtained a temporary ex parte protection order against Bauer last month under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
The protection order includes multiple images of injuries from the woman who filed the request, alleged to have come from their encounters, according to The Athletic.
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