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Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on Tuesday faced new allegations of sexual assault from an encounter with an Arizona woman in 2020. The one-time Cy Young Award winner denied the claims and filed a countersuit against the woman.
The allegations surfaced in a report in USA Today. The woman claimed Bauer raped her and got her pregnant and held a jagged steak knife to her throat. The woman, who initially filed her suit against Bauer in December, is the fourth to make the claim against the current Japan baseball star.
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Trevor Bauer, left, listens to a reporter's question after a warm-up game in Hiratsuka, southwest of Tokyo, Japan, on April 22, 2023. Bauer pitched his second game against minor-league competition as he prepares for his debut with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. (AP Photo/Stephen Wade)
The woman is seeking $3.7 million in damages and an "apology to any women the defendant has sexually humiliated and abused against their consent," according to the report.
Bauer’s lawyers said the pitcher had a single and consensual encounter with the woman back in December 2020 when the condom broke during sex. Bauer’s countersuit said the woman claimed she was pregnant and that she demanded $1.6 million to terminate the pregnancy and that the pitcher made an "audio recording" of the request.
The countersuit said Bauer declined to pay up and would support the woman if she ended up having the baby. He reportedly paid nearly $9,000 for the "alleged pregnancy and its subsequent termination."
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Yokohama BayStars pitcher Trevor Bauer delivers a pitch against Hiroshima Carp during a baseball game in Yokohama, Japan, near Tokyo, on May 3, 2023. (Kyodo News via AP)
"Based on (the woman’s) demand letter and failure to provide any medical records to substantiate her pregnancy or termination thereof, Mr. Bauer now believes that (the woman) fabricated her pregnancy to try to extort him for money," the countersuit says, via USA Today.
The woman’s allegations include an incident in which she says Bauer held a jagged steak knife to her throat and that he choked her with her braids as well as slamming her down during an alleged sexual encounter while she claimed she was pregnant.
On Wednesday, Bauer's co-agents Jon Fetterolt and Rachel Luba put out a statement on the allegations.
"Trevor Bauer categorically denies this woman’s unhinged allegations. She has made four documented multi-million-dollar extortion demands over the last two years, which prompted Mr. Bauer to file a criminal complaint against her. He is also actively suing her for fraud," the statement read.
"Her claims are untethered to reality and change as often as she changes lawyers. First, she sought money to terminate an alleged pregnancy, then she claimed – among other things – that she was distressed from having an abortion, and now her newest claim suggests for the first time that she had a miscarriage.
"This woman has published public YouTube videos, done sit-down interviews with multiple entities, and filed a public complaint against Mr. Bauer. Despite her numerous attempts to have her lies publicized, every entity that reviewed the facts and evidence — including multiple news organizations — recognized how ridiculous her claims are and declined to publish these obviously false and defamatory allegations. That is, until USA Today failed to consider any underlying information except the woman’s allegations in a rush to publish her stale claims and provide a vehicle for her fraud. Worse yet, through their lack of diligence, USA Today failed to even note that this woman filed yet another version of her claim the same day it published its story. USA Today’s reporting is as reckless as the fraudulent claims of this woman."
The most recent allegations come as Bauer pitches overseas in Japan. MLB suspended Bauer last year for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy after a California woman claimed she was assaulted during encounters with Bauer. However, an arbiter cut the suspension from two years to just 194 games.
Bauer was never charged with a crime and denied the claims the California woman made.
Trevor Bauer of the Los Angeles Dodgers returns to the dugout after the top of the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 28, 2021. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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He signed with the Yokohama BayStars in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan.
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