On Tuesday, local time, the Los Angeles County District Attorney announced that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevo Ball would not face criminal charges after a five-month investigation.
Last June, a woman from San Diego accused Bauer of violence against her. On April 22 and May 16 last year, the two met twice at Bauer's house. The woman claimed that the original mutual pleasure exceeded her expectations, and Ball beat her to lose consciousness and committed many unspeakable violations.
The district attorney said it could not rule out reasonable doubt after investigating all available evidence. Criminal cases have the highest standard of proof and cannot be convicted once any inaccuracies exist.
Bauer himself immediately posted a video on social media titled "The Truth," in which he flatly denied doing anything illegal to the woman and criticized the media for not reporting on an impartial footing. He admitted to having a more drastic move with the woman, but it was agreed by both sides, that the woman had no problems leaving her house twice, that the injuries in the photographs were not caused by Bauer, and that there were many exaggerations in the women's claims.
The los Angeles Superior Court judge argued: "If the woman set the line and Ball crossed it, the case would be very clear." But the woman didn't think about the consequences, and Bauer didn't cross the line. ”
Affected by the case, Bauer's 2021 season has been forced to take administrative leave for three months from July 2 last year, and MLB may still investigate him further. Even if there is not enough evidence to convict Bauer at the criminal level, the grand coalition has the right to examine Ball's actions at the civil level.
Dodge canceled the Ball Shake Head Doll giveaway scheduled for July 7 last year and removed all team peripherals related to him. Since then, the team has remained silent on any of Ball's topics.
According to Ball's three-year contract with Dodgers, the team will pay 85 million in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, but Ball last pitched on June 28 last year, and it is unknown whether he will be able to play for the team this year.
In 2015, MLB reached an agreement with mlb players' unions that major leagues have the power to impose bans between 15 and 162 games on domestic violence players. A recent case is Marcel Ozuna, the Atlanta Warriors' outfielder last season, who was suspended for 20 games over an argument with his wife.
Due to the injuries of Dustin May and Corretton-Kershaw, David Price was unable to return to full starting form, and Ball was beaten into the cold palace, and the original universe-level Dodge Luxury starting rotation fell apart in an instant. Even mid-season trades with Fireline reinforcements Max Shezel can't fully support the Dodgers' starting rotation. The team lost to the Warriors in the playoffs, and the lack of pitchers was an important reason.
If this season goes well, the team will need to pay Ball 47 million according to the contract, but whether he can play, when he can play, and how the team can strengthen are huge problems.