Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer will not play for the remainder of the 2021 Major League Baseball season and postseason, according to ESPN.
The MLB and its players union have agreed to extend administrative leave for Bauer, first triggered back in June when allegations of sexual assault surfaced against the pitcher.
Bauer’s leave was extended last week for the eighth time since the league launched an internal investigation into the matter. That probe ran parallel with a criminal investigation conducted by the Pasadena Police Department.
That investigation focused on two incidents of alleged sexual assault involving a San Diego woman occurring at Bauer’s Pasadena home. She accused the player of choking her until she lost consciousness during a sexual encounter, as well as punching her several times and leaving her with injuries requiring hospitalization.
Pasadena police referred the matter to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office on Aug. 27.
The accuser’s request for a permanent restraining order against Bauer was denied by an L.A. County Superior Court judge on Aug. 19.
Bauer has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing and has insisted encounters between himself and the accuser were consensual.
Bauer's spokesperson said in a statement on Friday that he has "agreed" with the league's decision to extend leave and is cooperating with the internal investigation.
