Trevor Bauer Claims Sexual Assault Accuser 'Violated A Court Order,' Responds To Shocking Photos Showing Alleged Injuries
Aug. 5 2021, Published 8:11 p.m. ET
Trevor Bauer has responded to the shocking photos released by his sexual assault accuser that showed injuries she allegedly sustained during an encounter with the Major League Baseball star earlier this year.
"While preferring not to comment on an ongoing legal matter, we have no choice but to respond to Mr. Freedman's knowingly inaccurate statements," Bauer's attorneys, Shawn Holley and Jon Fetterolf told Breaking Celebrity News in a statement.
Bryan Freedman is the accuser's attorney.
"First, unlike Mr. Freedman and the woman's legal team, we are not interested in trying a restraining order petition through the media. Relevant and previously omitted messages from the woman were attached as an exhibit to a routine motion to strike a so-called expert the Petitioner has proposed to testify on the issue of consent."
"Second, while Mr. Bauer has stated from the outset that the two encounters he had with this woman were wholly consensual, he unequivocally denies the allegations in her affidavit regarding both of their encounters," the statement continued. "The woman's statements are highly inaccurate and not reflective of what occurred during their two meetings, as the woman's own text messages with Mr. Bauer and others clearly attest."
"Finally, it appears that Mr. Freedman violated a court order by initially releasing a photograph to the media that the court previously ruled was to remain private," the statement concluded. "They have since retracted that photo and circulated one that is inconsistent with other photographic evidence in the case."
The initial photo referenced by Bauer's attorneys was published by TMZ Sports earlier today and replaced with a different one (the one obtained by Breaking Celebrity News) shortly after.
Bauer's alleged victim – a 27-year-old woman who has so far wished to remain unnamed – authorized her attorney to provide us with a photo showing what appear to be bruises under both of her eyes, a bruise on the left side of her bottom lip, and a somewhat puffy face – all injuries she claims to have sustained during the second of two allegedly violent sexual encounters with the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
According to Freedman, the photo provided to us proves the encounter in question could not have been consensual.
"Look at this picture. No one – absolutely no one – can consent to this, logically or legally," he told us in a statement. "Trevor Bauer's team continues to try to abuse an assault victim. They need to stop. Now."
Hours before the release of the photos, Bauer claimed in a new court filing that he had obtained text messages allegedly exchanged between his accuser and her cousin that seemingly showed the accuser considered their second allegedly violent sexual encounter to be consensual.
Bauer reportedly claimed the text messages were exchanged on May 16, which would have been the day after the second allegedly violent sexual encounter took place.
"How you doing there dude," the cousin allegedly asked Bauer's accuser.
"Dude. Not good," the woman allegedly responded.
When the cousin asked the woman what happened, Bauer claims she sent her cousin a photo of her face, prompting the cousin to allegedly reply, "What the f--k is he thinking?????"
"He felt so bad," the woman allegedly responded. "I literally had no idea it was gonna be that bad!? Like im ok but holy s--t!?!?"
The cousin allegedly texted back, "Ok ok I thought he like actually got violent. As long as it was consensual I d