Report: Woman sought protection order against Dodgers pitcher in Ohio last year

According to a report in The Washington Post, the woman accusing Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault this year at his Pasadena home is not the first woman to seek legal protection against Bauer after a sexual encounter.

The Post reported an Ohio woman sought a protective order against Bauer in 2020. The woman sought the protection as a result of a 2017 encounter during which she claimed to have suffered injuries to her face, blaming Bauer for the injuries and asserting that she received repeated threats from him.

After police responded to an incident at Bauer’s residence – he was playing for the Cleveland Indians at the time – the woman was arrested for underage drinking.

For the first time since a San Diego woman’s allegations of sexual assault became public in early July, Bauer responded publicly to the charges in the Washington Post report. In a post on his Twitter account – his first since June 28 – Bauer called the report an attempt to further “a false narrative” and the woman’s claims part of her attempt to blackmail him for millions of dollars.

“Despite my representatives providing a wealth of contradictory evidence, documents, statements and background information showing the pattern of disturbing behavior by this woman and her attorneys, The Washington Post opted to ignore much of this information and to run a salacious story disseminating defamatory statements, false information and baseless allegations from a woman who has not only harassed and physically assaulted me but who also attempted to extort me for millions of dollars last year in exchange for not coming forward with false claims,” Bauer posted.

While I have allowed my representatives to speak on my behalf over the last six weeks, I can no longer be silent. I will speak very candidly about the current petition when appropriate, but need to address the allegations made today in The Washington Post. pic.twitter.com/VhDNQyM1cb

— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) August 14, 2021

Bauer included a statement from his representatives claiming Bauer and the Ohio woman had “an on-and-off wholly consensual relationship with the woman from 2016-19.” The statement referred to the woman’s “bogus” claims against Bauer as “a ruse to demand millions of dollars.” He also posted text messages he claims were from the Ohio woman.

Signed by the Dodgers to a three-year, $102 million contract in February, Bauer has been on paid administrative leave since July 2 and has not pitched since June 28. MLB and the players’ union has extended the administrative leave multiple times, most recently through August 20.

There is a hearing scheduled for next week on the temporary restraining order requested against Bauer by the San Diego woman.

Bauer, 30, has already appeared in court briefly at a hearing regarding the protective order sought by the woman who has accused him of violent behavior during two sexual encounters earlier this year at his Pasadena home. At the hearing, a judge extended the temporary restraining order obtained by the woman against Bauer and delayed the beginning of the hearing until Monday. Both sides have indicated they will call witnesses and both Bauer and his accuser could take the stand.

Police in Pasadena are investigating the woman’s allegations for potential criminal charges. There have been no indications that the criminal investigation or MLB’s investigation into the incidents have been completed.

Bauer has been accused by the San Diego woman of choking her until she lost consciousness on multiple occasions, punching her in several areas of her body and leaving her with injuries that required hospitalization over the course of two sexual encounters earlier this year, according to the ex parte domestic violence restraining order that was filed in L.A. County Superior Court in late June.

Bauer’s side has strongly denied the allegations of sexual assault, calling the interactions between him and the woman “wholly consensual” and saying in a prior statement that Bauer “vehemently denies her account of their two meetings.”