Los Angeles Dodgers’ Trevor Bauer information lawsuit vs. lady who accused him of sexual assault

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer filed go well with Monday in opposition to the San Diego lady who accused him of sexual assault, claiming defamation and tortious interference whereas searching for unspecified financial and punitive damages.

Within the go well with, filed within the U.S. District Court docket for the Central District of California, Bauer’s attorneys say that the lady “fabricated allegations of sexual assault,” “pursued bogus legal and civil actions,” “made false and malicious statements” and “generated a media blitz primarily based on her lies” in an effort to “destroy” Bauer’s repute, “garner consideration for herself” and “extract tens of millions of {dollars}.”

In a petition seeking a domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) that was filed on June 29, 2021, the lady — whom ESPN has chosen to not identify — said that Bauer took consensual tough intercourse too far throughout two encounters at his Pasadena, California, dwelling in April and Might 2021, alleging that he choked her unconscious on a number of events, sodomized her with out consent and punched her throughout her physique, leaving her with accidents that prompted medical consideration.

Bauer and his attorneys have firmly denied the accusations, calling them “fraudulent” and “baseless.”

The girl was denied a permanent restraining order following a four-day listening to in August, and 6 months later, in February 2022, the L.A. County District Legal professional’s Workplace decided not to pursue criminal charges against Bauer. However Main League Baseball, which has the autonomy to droop gamers for “simply trigger” beneath its home violence coverage, is still investigating Bauer, who not too long ago had his administrative leave extended through Friday.

Within the go well with, Bauer’s attorneys deny that he engaged in anal intercourse with the lady, punched her within the face, abdomen or vagina, or scratched her on her cheek or on her again, as the lady stated.

“Always throughout each sexual encounters,” the go well with reads, “Mr. Bauer revered the boundaries established and agreed upon with [the woman].”

The go well with says that the lady, who on the time was 27 years outdated, continued to pursue Bauer after the primary encounter with a purpose of luring him into “a rougher sexual expertise so she might later declare this sexual expertise was not what she requested and thereby lay the groundwork for a monetary settlement.”

The go well with additionally references textual content messages the lady despatched to associates during which she seemingly bragged a few potential payout, whereas noting inconsistent statements in her testimony through the DVRO listening to, saying that photos of her accidents had been altered and alleging that she “intentionally” deleted telephone information through the course of.

The girl, who offered pictures and medical information as a part of her DVRO declaration, stated she wakened the morning after the second sexual encounter with two black eyes, a swollen jaw and cheekbones, darkish pink scratches on the proper aspect of her face, bruised gums, a lump on the aspect of her head, a cut up higher lip, black bruising excessive of her vagina and a number of bruises on her proper butt cheek. The girl has acknowledged consenting to being choked unconscious.

The go well with says that the lady instigated tough intercourse, citing a textual content message that was despatched between their first and second encounters. Within the textual content message, which turned a central a part of the August listening to, the lady invited Bauer to “gimme all of the ache.”

The go well with additionally says that the lady “didn’t have any seen markings or bruising on her face or physique aside from a barely swollen lip” upon leaving Bauer’s home after the second encounter on Might 16.

The go well with additionally accuses one of many lady’s attorneys, Fred Thiagarajah, of defamation after he informed the Washington Publish following the District Legal professional’s declination that Bauer “simply brutalized” the lady and that the conduct she alleged was established with “100 % certainty.”

Over the previous two months, whereas MLB continued its investigation, Bauer’s attorneys filed defamation lawsuits against two media companies, saying that Deadspin knowingly revealed false data in its protection of the sexual assault allegations and that The Athletic led “a marketing campaign to maliciously goal and harass” Bauer.

Bauer’s attorneys additionally subpoenaed the Pasadena Police Division for lacking telephone information from the San Diego lady, writing in a court docket submitting that “the requested supplies will additional reveal Petitioner’s plan to damage Respondent’s repute and profession and to earn a big paycheck by making false and deceptive allegations in her Petition.”

However throughout a listening to held on April 4, L.A. County Superior Court docket choose Dianna Gould-Saltman — who dissolved the short-term restraining order in opposition to Bauer in August — dominated that the pitcher wouldn’t be aware of the lady’s telephone information, stating that his attorneys didn’t file the correct movement and that the choose nonetheless would have been skeptical of an argument that the information would assist them present the lady misled the authorized course of and should pay his attorneys’ charges.