PHOENIX — An Arizona girl who accused former main league pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault has been charged with defrauding the baseball participant.
An indictment unsealed Monday in Maricopa County Superior Court docket expenses the girl with fraud and theft by extortion, each felonies, however doesn’t present particular particulars concerning the alleged crimes. It says Bauer and one different particular person have been defrauded in a scheme that doubtlessly spanned a number of years.
The Related Press doesn’t usually establish individuals who say they’ve been victims of sexual assault except they arrive ahead publicly.
The lady sued Bauer in December 2022, accusing him of rape two years earlier that she mentioned resulted in being pregnant in late 2020.
Court docket data on Tuesday afternoon didn’t listing an legal professional for the girl within the fraud case, and the lawyer representing her in her lawsuit didn’t instantly reply to a telephone message looking for extra remark.
Bauer was by no means arrested or charged. He countersued, saying he had one consensual sexual encounter with the girl in 2020 after which accused her of faking the being pregnant to extort cash from him.
His attorneys have mentioned that the girl made a number of million-dollar calls for towards him.
Bauer mentioned he in the end paid $8,761 for bills he believed to be associated to the girl’s reported being pregnant and its subsequent termination.
The lady later mentioned that she in the end determined to not terminate the being pregnant, however had a miscarriage.
She is scheduled to be arraigned on the felony expenses subsequent Friday.
In a recorded video assertion launched Tuesday, Bauer mentioned he’s harmless.
“What else do I’ve to do to show that this complete scenario has been a large lie? That is insane,” he mentioned. “At what level do I get to return to work and proceed incomes a dwelling?”
Bauer has been attempting to revive his main league profession after serving a suspension for violating the league’s home violence, sexual assault and little one abuse coverage. He was suspended after one other girl accused him of beating and sexually abusing her — an accusation the pitcher additionally denied.
He was launched by the Los Angeles Dodgers in January 2023 and performed final yr with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Pacific League. He signed a deal this spring to pitch 5 video games for Mexico’s Diablos Rojos and made his first look in a spring exhibition towards the New York Yankees.