Baseball player Trevor Bauer broke his seven-month silence on Tuesday to tell of his relief after the sexual assault case against him being dropped due insufficient evidence.
Bauer, 31, posted a video on Instagram on Tuesday where he slammed people for drawing 'premature conclusions based on an absurd amount of misinformation and false claims that have been circulated with absolutely no corroboration.'
'I know a lot of you have been waiting for me to address this,' he said. 'And I've wanted to, for some time now. And now I am finally able to speak.'
Bauer, a pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, was accused in July of choking a woman into unconsciousness, punching her repeatedly, and forcibly having anal sex without her consent during two sexual encounters.
He strongly denied the allegations made by a woman known only as Ms. Hill.
Trevor Bauer on Tuesday addressed the allegations of sexual assault made against him in July
Bauer's accuser, identified by her attorneys as 'Ms. Hill,' claimed in her filing that she consented to have sex with Bauer on two occasions, but said he went overboard by punching her, chocking her unconscious, and sodomizing her without her consent. Last month, her attorneys provided DailyMail.com with an unredacted photo (pictured) of their client showing the injuries she allegedly suffered as a result a sexual encounter with Bauer
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County District Attorney's office issued a statement saying: 'After a thorough review of all the available evidence, including the civil restraining order proceedings, witness statements and the physical evidence, the People are unable to prove the relevant charges beyond a reasonable doubt.'
The 27-year-old Hill took the witness stand again at LA Superior Court in August after filing for a protective order against Bauer
TMZ reported that Bauer, a former Cy Young winner, won't face charges, in part, because of text messages sent by the woman to Bauer in which she indicated she wanted to have rough sex with him.
Bauer's lawyers have maintained that he was led to believe that she had enjoyed their first sexual encounter because of text messages she sent to him: 'Choke me out…..Never been more turned on in my life…Give me all the pain.'
Bauer on Tuesday evening insisted that the encounter was consensual, and explained why he had not spoken until now.
'I've been respecting the Pasadena police department as they conducted their investigation,' he said.
'Because I believe that allegations as serious as these should be fully investigated, and not adjudicated in the media.'
He added that the investigation has been 'extremely thorough', and noted: 'both the Pasadena police and the District Attorney's office have access to much more information than has been made public at this point.'
Bauer said that he and the woman 'engaged in rough sex.'
He explained: 'This is something she brought up.
'We discussed it together, and both agreed to engage in it. We established rules and boundaries and I followed them.
'On both occasions, she consented beforehand when we established boundaries. She also repeatedly consented during sex, when I asked her multiple times if she was enjoying herself and wanted to continue.
'And in fact she continued to direct me as to what she wanted, in no uncertain terms.'
Bauer was adamant that their two sexual encounters were consensual
He said that both times she willingly slept at his house after they finished, and never showed any signs of distress.
Her lawyers circulated a photo of her bruised and battered face, but Bauer insisted that she did not leave his house harmed.
'When she left, she certainly did not look anything like the photos that were later attached to a family court declaration and circulated by her lawyers to the media,' he said.
Bauer categorically denied punching her in the face or vagina, or scratching her face, and denied that they had had anal sex.
'The disturbing acts and conduct she described simply did not occur,' he said.
Bauer continued: 'It's clear that I have made some poor choices, particularly in regards to the people I chose to associate with.
'But I am not the person this woman, her lawyers and the media have painted me out to be.'
He said it was 'extremely alarming to watch how quickly and willingly and knowingly certain members of the media have chosen to convict me.'
He concluded by thanking his teammates, coaches and fans for their support, and saying he was relieved he wouldn't face criminal charges.
Despite Tuesday's news, Bauer remains under investigation by Major League Baseball, a league spokesman told DailyMail.com.
Bauer's future in Los Angeles remains uncertain.
Although MLB remains embroiled in a lockout, Bauer is still under contract with the Dodgers for $32 million and has a player option for the same salary in 2023.
The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher will not face any charges for allegedly choking a woman into unconsciousness, punching her repeatedly, and forcibly having anal sex without her consent during two sexual encounters last year
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office didn't think it could prove the charges
One text message exchange shows Hill told Bauer her socks must come off when it's time 'to choke me out' and asked him to give her 'all the pain'. Hill told the LA County Court in August that she did not mean what she said and was just telling Bauer what 'he wanted to hear'
The conversation became increasingly sexual as Bauer asks her to describe what she wanted
Bauer has been on paid leave since early July, after the Southern California woman identified as Ms. Hill filed for a protective order against the pitcher.
Ultimately a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge rejected that request in April.
Hill had previously been given a temporary restraining order against Bauer when she first made her allegations in June.
Bauer has stated through representatives that everything that happened between himself and Hill at his Pasadena home last April and May was 'wholly consensual.'
Hill claimed in her filing that she consented to have sex with Bauer on two occasions, but said he went overboard by punching her, chocking her unconscious, and sodomizing her without her consent.
Hill suffered injuries as a result of one encounter, including two black eyes, a bloodied swollen lip, significant bruising and scratching to one side of her face, according to her request for a restraining order against Bauer.
Bauer's attorneys filed text messages between Hill and Bauer and others between Hill and her cousin in which she describes sex with their client as 'consensual' but said he 'took it too far' by leaving her with black eyes.
In response to the release of the Hill's text messages, her attorneys provided DailyMail.com with an unredacted photos of their client showing the injuries she allegedly suffered as a result a sexual encounter with Bauer.
'Look at this picture,' attorney Bryan Freedman told DailyMail.com in a statement.
'No one – absolutely no one – can consent to this, logically or legally. Trevor Bauer's team continues to try to abuse an assault victim. They need to stop. Now.'
Hill's original filing includes pictures of herself with scratches and bruising on her face and lips. She also said she had bruising on her gums and near her vagina, where Bauer had punched her repeatedly, leaving her 'crying and violently shaking.'
Court records obtained by DailyMail.com show she was diagnosed with 'significant head and facial trauma.'
'It was consensual but like didnt expect two black eyes!?' Hill wrote her Cousin in the newly released text messages obtained by DailyMail.com. 'Like he def took it too far dont you think lol.'
In one text exchange, Hill told her cousin that her face was 'f***ed up' and asked the cousin not to say anything about the injuries
The woman accusing Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault described their encounters as 'consensual,' but said he 'took it too far' by leaving her with black eyes, according to text messages released by his attorneys in August
Bauer is still under investigation by MLB, a league spokesman told DailyMail.com
Hill said she had sexual encounters with Bauer in April and May, but that both episodes turned violent.
She specifically alleged that Bauer punched her in the face, vagina, and buttocks, and strangled her with her own hair until she lost consciousness. Hill was later hospitalized for her injuries.
During one encounter, Hill claims she passed out and found Bauer sodomizing her when she regained consciousness.
'I agreed to have consensual sex; however, I did not agree or consent to what he did next,' Hill said in her filing. 'I did not agree to be sexually assaulted.'
Hill said she was bleeding and struggling to walk after non-consensual anal sex, but added: 'In my state at that time, I did not think Trevor was a threat to do anything against my will for the remainder of the night.'
The following day, Hill said, Bauer asked her jokingly if she was 'feeling a little sore this morning?'
Hill said she told him that she didn't enjoy it and said he seemed to understand.
Bauer continued to communicate with Hill over text messages and social media for the next three weeks, discussing baseball and her new job. Some of the conversations were of 'a sexual nature.'
When the pair met again, Hill said they agreed on a safe word which she says Bauer ignored, choking her until she lost consciousness. When she awoke, he was punching her in the face, she claimed.
'This was the first punch I felt but it is very possible that Trevor had already been punching and scratching the right side of my face while I was unconscious,' she said.
'Trevor then punched me hard with a closed fist to the left side of my jaw, the left side of my head, and both cheekbones. I remember this vividly and it was extremely startling and painful.
'I was absolutely frozen and terrified. I could not speak or move. After punching me several times, he then flipped me back onto my stomach and began choking me with hair. I lost consciousness again.'
Bauer's accuser included text messages in her request for a restraining order back in June. In this exchange, Bauer writers that he feels 'so had that this happened'
Hill said that she was crying and shaking after regaining consciousness and that Bauer reportedly began to console her, allegedly saying: 'You're safe. I'm here. You're safe... I would never do those things to you if it wasn't sexually.'
When she returned from Pasadena to San Diego the following day, Hill experienced severe headaches and began vomiting. After speaking with friends, she checked herself into a local emergency room where she told medical staff what happened to her.
In a subsequent text message exchange included in the petition and reviewed by DailyMail.com, Hill told Bauer that doctors thought the 'bruises/swelling' on her face would last another week, but that she wasn't sure when her 'head symptoms' would subside.
'I just want it all to go away,' she wrote Bauer.
'I feel so bad that this happened,' he responded. 'Wish I could be there with you through it.'
'Just grateful that you are showing that you care,' she wrote.
'I do. I absolutely do,' he texted her. 'Never want to see you hurting.'
On May 21, three days after their second and final sexual encounter, Pasadena Police had the accuser ask Bauer for a phone call, which they planned to record. In the text exchange pictured above, Hill is seeing telling Bauer 'hearing your voice would help' and he responded by asking her if she wanted to discuss the incident
After going to the hospital, Hill spoke to multiple San Diego Police Department detectives but said she downplayed the alleged incident as 'rough sex' and did not reveal Bauer's name.
'I was afraid what Trevor would do if he found out,' Hill said in the restraining order request. 'I remain afraid that Trevor will find me and hurt me for going to the hospital.'
In the document, Hill explained that she spoke with Bauer by phone at the instruction of police, who were recording the call.
During that conversation, Hill said she asked Bauer: 'What did you do to me when I was unconscious?'
In response, he allegedly admitted that he had repeatedly punched her in the buttocks. She said that he changed the topic when she said she did not consent to being punched.
In one of her last messages to Bauer, Hill claims she told him the best way for him to help her would be to 'never do this to anyone else ever again'
Hill claimed that the call ended with Bauer acknowledging that he punched her and asking how they could move forward and if he could contact her.
'I told him that he could because I did not know if the police still needed to collect more messages from him as evidence,' she said. 'It is my understanding that there is an open criminal investigation. I have not been informed whether the proper authorities intend to arrest and press charges against Trevor.
'I intend to comply with whatever is requested of me in connection with criminal proceedings,' she continued. 'As the shock has worn off, I recognize the seriousness of the sexual assault I endured. I do not want Trevor to put anyone else through what I suffered.'
In one of her last messages to Bauer, Hill claims she told him the best way for him to help her would be to 'never do this to anyone else ever again.'
'I would never do anything to hurt anyone,' he responded. 'That includes you.'
The California-born Bauer ranks among baseball's best pitchers and won the National League Cy Young award as a member of the Cincinnati Reds in 2020.
He celebrated his impressive 2020 season by inking a three-year, $102 million contract with the Dodgers before the 2021 campaign.
Prior to his successful one-year stint with Cincinnati, Bauer pitched for the Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks. He also played collegiately at UCLA where he set a single-season Pac-12 strikeout record.
In this exchange, Bauer asks Hill 'Do you even know what pain is?'
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