It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from Dodgers ace Trevor Bauer, who remains on paid administrative leave from MLB while the league continues its investigation into troubling sexual assault allegations. But the NL’s reigning Cy Young winner finally broke his silence Saturday, responding on Twitter to a new Washington Post report alleging a second woman sought a protective order against Bauer last year stemming from their relationship during his time with the Cleveland Indians.
According to a 2017 police report obtained by the Post, the second alleged victim attempted to show law enforcement pictures of injuries she suffered from Bauer including facial bruises and bloodied eyes (which she says were the result of being punched and choked during sex without her consent), but was instead arrested for underage drinking. The woman sought a protective order last June following an alleged text message from Bauer’s number that read, “I don’t feel like spending time in jail for killing someone. And that’s what would happen if I saw you again.”
The 30-year-old hurler denied the claims in a lengthy Twitter thread, insisting the woman tried to extort him after ending their relationship upon joining the Reds in 2019. “The Washington Post has spent the last six weeks digging into my life and attempting to contact hundreds of female friends and acquaintances with whom they suspect I had some form of romantic relationship with,” wrote Bauer, who last pitched on June 28th. “Despite my representatives providing a wealth of contradictory evidence, documents, statements and background information showing the pattern of disturbing behavior by this woman and her attorneys, the Washington Post opted to ignore much of this information and to run a salacious story disseminating defamatory statements, false information and baseless allegations from a woman who has not only harassed and physically assaulted me but who also attempted to extort me for millions of dollars last year in exchange for her not coming forward with false claims.”
Bauer’s co-agents Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba also released a statement, describing the relationship he shared with his accuser as “wholly consensual” while dismissing her protective order as both “bogus” and “a ruse to demand millions of dollars.” Bauer, who joined the Dodgers as a free agent this offseason, is due in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, where he and his legal team will contest the restraining order issued against him in June. Since Bauer’s scandal broke, the Dodgers have made a conscious effort to distance themselves from the right-hander, scrapping a planned bobblehead night in his honor while removing all his merchandise from their team and online stores.
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