Trevor Bauer has filed another lawsuit related to accusations of domestic abuse from last year.
On Monday, Bauer filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California Southern Division against his accuser and her attorney, Niranjan Fred Thiagarajah, alleging defamation and tortious interference.
Bauer, a 31-year-old pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has previously filed defamation suits against Deadspin, The Athletic and former Athletic writer Molly Knight related to the same case.
“[The accuser] fabricated allegations of sexual assault against Plaintiff Trevor Bauer, pursued bogus criminal and civil actions against him, made false and malicious statements about him, and generated a media blitz based on her lies,” the lawsuit states.
“[The accuser’s] motives for making her false claims and statements are now clear. She wanted to destroy Mr. Bauer’s reputation and baseball career, garner attention
for herself, and extract millions of dollars from Mr. Bauer. [The accuser] was aided in those efforts by her attorney, Defendant Niranjan Fred Thiagarajah. Although a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge rejected [the accuser’s] false allegations and the District Attorney for Los Angeles County found them unworthy of criminal charges, the damage to Mr. Bauer has been extreme.”
In February, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office announced that it would not be pressing charges over the sexual assault allegations the former Cy Young winner faced...
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