Major League Baseball (MLB) has severely punished Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, with a suspension of 324 games after having concluded the investigations into the accusations of alleged sexual abuse committed 2021.
According to MLB insider Jon Heyman, Trevos Bauer was penalized with a suspension of 324 games, equivalent to two regular seasons . This punishment takes effect from this Friday and will not take into consideration the 99 matches you have lost so far.
This Major League sentence comes almost three months after that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office announced that the right-hander will not face criminal charges for the aforementioned accusations.
Trevor Bauer responded to the MLB sentence
After the sentence issued by the MLB, Trevor Bauer spoke, as usual, through social networks and immediately ratified that he has not committed any type of sexual abuse, at the same time that he informed that he has started the appeal process.
“In the strongest possible terms, I deny having committed any violation of the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy. I am appealing this action and hope to prevail. As we have done throughout this process, my representatives and I respect the confidentiality of the proceedings.”
Los Angeles Dodgers ruled on the Trevor Bauer case
For their part, the Los Angeles Dodgers spoke about the sentence issued by the Major Leagues, stating that they were against any act of violence and assuring that they cooperated from day one with the league investigation.
“The Dodgers organization takes all accusations of this nature very seriously and does not condone or condone any act of domestic violence or sexual assault,” he said in a statement posted on his Twitter account.
“We have fully cooperated with MLB’s investigation since it began, and fully support MLB’s Joint Policy on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse, and the Commissioner’s enforcement of the Policy,” they added.
Finally, the Californian team recalled that Bauer can appeal this sentence, so it is They will refrain from commenting until then. “We understand that Trevor has the right to appeal the Commissioner’s decision. Therefore, we will not comment further until the process is complete.”
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