LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer cannot access the cellphone records of the woman who accused him of sexual assault, a judge ruled Monday.
The decision could accelerate the process for Major League Baseball to determine whether Bauer should be suspended for violating its sexual assault policy, 10 months after the accusation. The league has kept Bauer on paid leave since then, with the consent of the players' union, as legal matters have played out and Bauer has maintained he did nothing wrong.
The woman's request for a restraining order was denied by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman, and the Los Angeles County district attorney subsequently declined to charge Bauer with a crime. In court filings, Bauer's attorneys said they believed the cellphone records could show how the woman implemented "a plan to seek rough sex so she could later seek to profit."
