With the information that prosecutors in Arizona have filed extortion costs towards a lady who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, the previous Los Angeles Dodgers star and Cy Younger Award winner could also be one step nearer to clearing his identify.

That’s the evaluation of KTLA 5 Information authorized analyst and prison protection legal professional Alison Triessl.

The prison costs towards Darcy Adanna Esemonu, 34, have been filed after a grand jury in Maricopa County handed down a two-count indictment final month.

Bauer admits to having intercourse with the previous pageant winner in 2020 however says it was consensual. Afterward, Esemonu claimed she was pregnant and demanded a seven-figure payout to, partly, pay for her to have an abortion, Bauer and his attorneys allege.

He refused to pay that quantity and Esemonu sued Bauer in 2023, claiming the intercourse was not consensual.

Believing she was pregnant, Bauer, 33, finally paid Esemonu $8,761 which she used for a visit to Philadelphia to get LASIK surgical procedure, his attorneys said in a countersuit.

Triessl says the grand jury and prosecutors finally decided that Esemonu was neither pregnant nor a sufferer.

“What the prosecution goes to allege and what Trevor Bauer will testify to, is that this was a cash seize … that this was merely a shakedown,” Triessl informed KTLA’s Samantha Cortese.

Esemonu’s lawsuit got here after one other lady, Lindsey Hill, accused Bauer of raping and beating her at his house in Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles, in 2021. That case prompted MLB to put the Dodgers star on administrative depart.

Bauer was suspended for an unprecedented 324 video games, which an impartial arbitrator lowered to 194 video games in December 2022. After Bauer’s suspension ended, the Dodgers lower him and no group picked him up.

In October 2023, Bauer recorded a video defending himself and offering proof that Hill had additionally concocted her story to extort cash. No costs have been filed, and Bauer and Hill finally settled dueling defamation lawsuits.

Nonetheless, Bauer has not stepped foot on a Main League Baseball diamond since 2021 and is at the moment pitching for Diablos Rojos del Mexico of the Mexican League.

“There is no such thing as a doubt that there was a stain on his identify and his status, and that’s definitely why MLB has stayed away from him,” stated Triessl. “They need to severely contemplate these circumstances with Lindsey Hill and this new lady, who has now been indicted, and take a tough look.”

Bauer acknowledges that two extra ladies have leveled accusations towards him, however neither has introduced civil fits or resulted in prison costs.

Triessl believes that Bauer’s predicament ought to function a lesson to all skilled athletes.

“Most likely one of many largest takeaways from all of this … is that there are ladies who will try to ensnare you and extort you for cash. And if they arrive out with these claims they usually smear your status, they will destroy your skilled sports activities profession.”