In court proceedings Thursday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman ruled against a woman’s request for a permanent restraining order against Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Trevor Bauer.
Gould-Saltman said in her ruling that the woman’s “injuries as shown in the photographs are terrible” but she also said, “If she set limits and he exceeded them, this case would’ve been clear. But she set limits without considering all the consequences, and respondent did not exceed limits that the petitioner set.”
One of Bauer’s attorneys, Shawn Holley, said that Bauer and his attorneys “are grateful to the Los Angeles Superior Court for denying the request for a permanent restraining order and dissolving the temporary restraining order against Mr. Bauer [on Thursday}.”
That ruling was made after the four day hearing. The accuser reportedly testified for more than 12 hours over between Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Bauer was called to testify on Thursday but he invoked his Fifth Amendment rights to not incriminate himself in a criminal investigation.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer still may receive a harsh penalty from MLB
The Pasadena (Calif.) Police Department has been investigating the allegations for more than three months and MLB has been investigating for nearly two months. Bauer has been on administrative leave since July 2 and the fifth extension of it is set to expire on Friday. However, that is likely to be extended until the Pasadena PD has finished its investigation.
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MLB is unlikely to give a ruling on the case for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer until the Pasadena PD’s investigation concludes.
According to The Associated Press, Bauer said in texts and a phone call the accuser made to him for Pasadena police to record, Bauer said that he only punched her in the buttocks during that period of time that she was unconscious. Because of that and if MLB finds that Bauer did anything else while she was unconscious, Bauer still could be punished harshly by Commissioner Rob Manfred.
MLB’s sexual assault policy states that a “ack of consent is inferred when a person uses force, harassment, threat of force, threat of adverse personnel or disciplinary action, or other coercion, or when the victim is asleep, incapacitated, unconscious or legally incapable of consent.”
If you or someone you know is a survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at (800) 656-4673 or the Domestic Violence Hotline at (800) 799-7233.