The Dodgers pitcher's paid administrative leave has been extended again as MLB and Pasadena police investigate sexual assault allegations against him.
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic accounts of domestic violence and sexual assault. If you or someone you know is a survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or the Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer's administrative leave has been extended again to Sept. 3, according to MLB Network's Jon Heyman.
The 30-year-old has been on paid administrative leave since July 2 while he is under investigation for sexual and domestic assault. Shortly after Bauer's leave was extended Friday, The Athletic's Britt Ghiroli reported that the Pasadena Police Department filed its criminal investigation to the Los Angeles county district attorney, who will decide whether to bring charges against him. MLB is also conducting a separate investigation into the allegations.
Bauer has denied the allegations. He continues to be paid by Los Angeles while on leave, standard practice for MLB during ongoing investigations, and is reportedly still receiving around $1.5 million per week.
A 27-year-old California woman, who was seeking a five-year restraining order against Bauer, alleges that he choked her unconscious with her own hair and penetrated her anally without consent in April. A similar incident allegedly happened again in May, when the woman said Bauer choked her unconscious and was repeatedly punching her in the head when she regained consciousness. She ended up in the hospital with severe trauma.
She filed a domestic violence ex parte restraining order petition against Bauer on June 28, and a few days later, MLB placed Bauer placed on administrative leave. But last week, the judge denied the temporary order and the five-year order, stating that the Dodgers pitcher is not a future threat to the California woman.
The judge said, according to a report from the Associated Press, that the woman's initial declaration in the petition for the restraining order "was materially misleading.” However, the judge's statement does not necessarily mean Bauer did not commit a crime.
During the hearings, his attorney acknowledged that he was violent and rendered the woman unconscious. Per Beyond the Box Score's Sheryl Ring, his attorney Shawn Holley said in her closing argument, "He wraps her hair around her neck, she goes unconscious."
The league and MLBPA can agree to continue to extend Bauer's leave past Sept. 3.
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