Bauer's administrative leave extended through Aug. 20
NEW YORK (AP) â Trevor Bauerâs administrative leave was extended Friday through Aug. 20 by Major League Baseball and the playersâ association while the sportâs investigators check into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
Bauer was placed on seven daysâ paid leave July 2 under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy adopted by MLB and the playersâ union in 2015. MLB and the union have agreed to several extensions.
Police in Pasadena, California, and MLB are investigating the allegations made against Bauer by a Southern California woman who says the pitcher choked her to the point where she lost consciousness and punched her during two sexual encounters this year. The woman has obtained a protection order against Bauer.
According to the womanâs declaration attached to the request for the protection order, she suffered injuries as a result of the second encounter, including two black eyes, a bloodied swollen lip, significant bruising and scratching to one side of her face.
The pitcherâs agents, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, have disputed the allegations and Fetterolf said in a statement that the pairâs brief relationship was âwholly consensual.â The statement said Bauer has messages from the woman asking for the kind of âroughâ sexual interactions they had.
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Attorneys for Bauer and for the woman said during a court session last month that they intend to call several witnesses, including Bauer, during a hearing related to the order thatâs scheduled to begin Monday.
Bauer agreed to a $102 million, three-year contract to join his hometown Dodgers this year after winning his first Cy Young Award with the Cincinnati Reds last season. Bauer is 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 17 starts this season.
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