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Trevor Bauer will ask a Southern California judge to order a woman who unsuccessfully requested a restraining order against her to pay her attorney’s fees, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, who is on leave and last appeared in a game on June 28, did not name a specific amount of money he will chase. In a Sept. 20 court filing, which the Times uncovered, Bauer said the woman used the restraining order process to “gain publicity and damage” Bauer’s career.
Bauer claimed in the court filing that the woman misused the restraining order process to “gain publicity and harm [Bauer’s] career.”
The San Diego woman who was granted a temporary restraining order told police in Pasadena, California, where Bauer lives, that he assaulted her during consensual sex. They had sex twice this spring, both parties agreed.
But a judge denied a request for a permanent warrant after a lengthy hearing in August.
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The woman’s accusations triggered an investigation by Major League Baseball and Pasadena police.
On Aug. 27, police turned the case over to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office to determine whether to press charges against Bauer, 30. He has denied all the allegations and a decision is still pending.
Bauer has been on administrative leave since July 2 and was extended several times until the end of the postseason. He was paid in full – $ 38 million – in the first year of the three-year, $ 102 million deal he signed in the offseason.
The Times said that under California law, a court can order the winning party to receive attorneys’ fees in cases involving restraining orders.
Chloe Wolman, a local family law attorney, told the Times that a court could grant all or part of Bauer’s request, or deny it in its entirety. She said Bauer’s request could be “designed to silence anyone else who believes they might have a case” against him in the future.
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