Ex-MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer announced Monday that his sexual assault case had been settled.
With the case now behind him, Bauer also used that announcement to reveal a number of messages from his accuser that he claims proved his innocence.
In June 2021, Lindsey Hill filed for a restraining order against Bauer, which prompted the MLB to open an investigation. It was then revealed that Hill accused Bauer of sexual assault during two encounters that spring. Bauer was placed on leave pending the league’s findings, and although she was denied a restraining order and criminal charges were never filed, he was suspended for 324 games. That suspension was later shortened to 194 games.
Bauer — who last played for the Los Angeles Dodgers — was reinstated a few months after the end of the 2022 season. No MLB teams signed him, so he now plays in Japan.
In the video posted on Twitter on Monday, Bauer showed a message from Hill to one of her friends saying, “Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers.” This text, Bauer clarified, was from before the two met. To another friend, Hill allegedly asked, “What should I steal?” when she got to Bauer’s house.
After the first encounter, Hill texted another friend, informing them that Bauer’s net worth was $51 million at the time. In response, that friend urged her to “secure the bag.” A series of other texts seem to show a deliberate plan by Hill to use these encounters to secure some of his fortune.
“Since then, her legal team has approached me multiple times about coming to a financial settlement,” Bauer said. “But, as I have done since day one, I refused to pay her even a single cent.
“In August of 2021, Lindsey Hill’s claims were heard in court; and during those legal proceedings, critical information was deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team.”
Bauer then showed a video Hill recorded the morning after one of their encounters. In it, Hill can be seen smiling while lying in bed with a sleeping Bauer. At the time, however, she claimed she was “brutally attacked” and “desperate to get away” from Bauer.
Bauer filed a defamation suit, and Hill filed a countersuit months later. With the settlement, neither party paid anything to the other, but Hill received $300,000 from her insurance company.
“Over the last two years, I’ve been forced to defend my integrity and my reputation in a very public setting,” Bauer said. “But hopefully, this is the last time I have to do so as I prefer to just remain focused on doing my job: winning baseball games and entertaining fans around the world. So, today, I’m happy to be moving on with my life.”
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