Trevor Bauer has been handed down a prolonged suspension from Main League Baseball over allegations of sexual misconduct from 2021.
The Dodgers pitcher will be suspended for 324 game titles – the duration of two comprehensive frequent seasons — starting Friday. It is the longest doled out in the six-calendar year historical past of the league’s domestic violence plan.
Bauer was accused of punching and choking a girl into unconsciousness above two sexual encounters. He has been on administrative depart with the MLB because July and has not appeared in a sport because then, lacking 99 contests to this position.
The 31-year-old has regularly denied the allegations, insisting the acts have been consensual. He did so again by way of his Twitter account on Friday right after the suspension was handed down.
He will not get credit history for any time put in on administrative depart and will not be qualified to return until finally the 2024 season — if his previously introduced enchantment falls by way of.
“In the strongest feasible terms, I deny committing any violation of the league’s domestic violence & sexual assault plan,” he wrote. “I am appealing this action and anticipate to prevail. As we have throughout this system, my reps & I respect the confidentiality of the proceedings.”
In February, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office declared it would not be urgent fees above the sexual assault allegations made towards Bauer.
The former Cy Youthful winner has filed defamation lawsuits towards his accuser and her law firm, boasting they submitted a fake police report in which she claimed he “sexually assaulted her throughout their 2nd sexual come upon by choking her unconscious on two occasions, punching her in the deal with and vagina continuously and scratching her encounter.”
Bauer has also levied defamation suits versus Deadspin, The Athletic and its former author Molly Knight.
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