Trevor Bauer.Photo:Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo
Bauer has countersued and alleged extortion, according to theUSA Today, which first reported the woman’s lawsuit late Tuesday.
Bauer has since joined the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan, where he plays for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
According to the lawsuit, a woman alleged Bauer was violent with her in December 2020. She accused him of once holding a jagged knife to her throat and, on another occasion, allegedly using her butterfly braids “as a rope to choke me unconscious with my hair.”
Trevor Bauer.Kyodo News via AP
Kyodo News via AP
Trevor Bauer.Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty
She is asking for $3.7 million and an “apology to any women the defendant has sexually humiliated and abused against their consent,” the newspaper reported.
Bauer says he “categorically denies" the woman’s allegations and he filed a criminal complaint against her, his co-agent Rachel Luba said ina statement.
The Associated Pressreportedthat Scottsdale police confirmed the woman filed a criminal complaint against Bauer, and in response, Bauer filed a criminal complaint against the woman. But the department did not recommend charges to county prosecutors in either case.
ESPNreportedthat Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney has scheduled the discovery process throughout this year, while both sides have agreed to be ready for a jury trial to potentially take place around May 2024.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.
source: people.com
