Trevor Bauer's Sexual Assault Accuser Releases Shocking Photo Showing Alleged Injuries, Claims Encounter With MLB Star Was Not Consensual Despite Text Messages
Aug. 5 2021, Published 4:25 p.m. ET
Trevor Bauer's sexual assault accuser has just released a shocking photo showing injuries she allegedly sustained during an encounter with the Major League Baseball star earlier this year.
The alleged victim – a 27-year-old woman who has so far wished to remain unnamed – authorized her attorney, Bryan Freedman, to provide Breaking Celebrity News with a photograph 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 proves that 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 photo, Bauer claimed in a new court filing that he had obtained text messages allegedly exchanged between his accuser and her cousin that seemingly showed that 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 don't have to kill him."
"It was consensual but like didnt expect two black eyes!?" Bauer's accuser allegedly replied. "Like he def took it too far dont you think lol."
"Yeah," the cousin allegedly wrote back. "Jesus f--king Christ Bauer. Take a goddamn chill pill."
The woman allegedly concurred, replying, "NOT NORMAL."
In response to the alleged text messages, the woman's attorney told the Los Angeles Times, "Mr. Bauer's defense team is deliberately twisting the tone of text messages exchanged with an assault victim within hours of her being attacked to try to minimize the long-lasting impact on her physical and mental well-being to this day."
"[She] did not consent to be punched in her face, punched in her head, punched in her buttocks or repeatedly punched in her [expletive]," Freedman added.