MLB puts Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on 'administrative leave' following sex assault investigation [View all]

Major League Baseball put star Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on administrative leave in the wake of disturbing sexual assault allegations made against the Cy Young Award winner.

A woman provided graphic details and photos of her alleged encounters with Bauer in a request for a domestic violence restraining order filed this week in L.A. County Superior Court.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/mlb-puts-dodgers-pitcher-trevor-bauer-administrative-leave-following-sex-n1273012

USA TODAY: Police say criminal investigation of Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer 'bigger than we thought'

LOS ANGELES — Hours before Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was placed on seven-day administrative leave by Major League Baseball, a lieutenant with the Pasadena Police Department said the investigation into allegations that Bauer assaulted a 27-year-old woman during two sexual encounters is “bigger than we thought.''

“If he weren’t Trevor Bauer, he’d be arrested already,’’ said Matthew Galluzzo, a former New York prosecutor who worked in sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

Galluzzo, now a criminal defense attorney who represents victims of sex crimes, cited graphic photos that the woman said show injuries Bauer inflicted on her amount to “probable cause." The woman included the photos in her request for a temporary restraining order, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

“What’s striking to me is photos of her in that complaint with black eyes, and she says that (Bauer) hit her,’’ Galluzzo said. “I’m not sure why this is so complicated for the police. Normally speaking, if a woman has black eyes and says somebody hit her, there’s going to be an arrest.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/07/02/trevor-bauer-dodgers-investigation-assault-mlb/7843569002/

“If he weren’t Trevor Bauer, he’d be arrested already."