Trevor Bauer accuser’s lawyers reveal new horror ‘injury’ pic and say it’s ‘impossible “sex assault” was consensual’
A WOMAN accusing baseball star Trevor Bauer of sexual assault has encouraged the publishing of an unredacted image that she claims displays the horror injuries she suffered at the hands of the pitcher.
The alleged victim's attorney, Bryan Freedman, asked to publish the photograph, which was later obtained by The Sun and appears to show the woman with two black eyes and her face and lips swollen.
Bauer, a pitcher for the L.A. Dodgers, has been accused of sexually assaulting the woman but has aggressively challenged such accusations, claiming all encounters were consensual.
On Thursday, Freedman said such injuries could not be caused by a consensual sexual encounter and that the alleged victim and her family had requested the photo be released.
He said: "Look at this picture. 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."
Bauer was put on leave by Major League Baseball on July 2, after the woman received a temporary restraining order against the pitcher and her assault .
In response to the released image, Bauer's attorneys, Shawn Holley and Jon Fetterolf, told TMZ: "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."
The baseball star's legal team also accused Freedman of violating a court order by releasing a photo "the court previously ruled was to remain private. They have since retracted that photo and circulated one that is inconsistent with other photographic evidence in the case."
The woman is reported to have acknowledged in court papers that she consented to having sex with Bauer – but she then accuses the 30-year-old of going beyond her comfort zone.
According to the papers, the woman said that Bauer choked her unconscious and then abused her one night in May.
She also claims that, during an earlier encounter in April, Bauer sodomized her without her consent, according to court papers.
Earlier this week, Bauer's lawyers looked to counter the claims against their client by that they say the woman exchanged with Bauer and others.
The , filed publicly in Los Angeles Superior Court, oppose the restraining order against Bauer.
According to TMZ, Bauer and his representatives obtained text messages between his accuser and her cousin, which, Bauer claims, shows the woman admitted that at least one night of Bauer's rough sexual acts were consensual.
Bauer and his representatives claim the text exchange took place on May 16 – the morning after the second of their two sexual encounters.
"How you doing there dude," the cousin allegedly asked in a text.
"Dude. Not good," it is claimed the woman responded.
When the woman was asked what happened, Bauer's team claims she showed her cousin a photo of her bruised and swollen face, stating, "He felt so bad. I literally had no idea it was gonna be that bad!? Like im ok but holy sh*t!?!?"
According to Bauer's team, the cousin responded, "Ok ok I thought he actually got violent. As long as it was consensual I don't have to kill him."
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The woman, according to Bauer's team, then said, "It was consensual but like didnt expect two black eyes!? Like he def took it too far dont you think lol."
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The victim's attorney Freedman told the : "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 vagina."
