LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer withdrew his defamation suit against the Athletic on Tuesday after the website publicly stated it “did not intend to state or imply” that a woman who accused the pitcher of sexual assault two years ago suffered a fractured skull.
The Athletic, citing medical records filed by the woman, reported that doctors had noted “signs of basilar skull fracture.” The outlet later clarified that the woman had been “initially diagnosed” with a skull fracture, but that a fracture had been ruled out by a subsequent CT scan.
Bauer nonetheless alleged the clarification was “insufficient and inaccurate” because the Athletic had the medical records to show that there was a suspicion of a skull fracture, but never any such diagnosis.
