Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is suing The Athletic and former author Molly Knight for defamation.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer introduced on Twitter on Tuesday that he has filed a lawsuit towards sports activities publication, The Athletic, and former author Molly Knight for “knowingly publishing false data.” Additionally hooked up to the tweet was a hyperlink to the lawsuit.
That is now the second lawsuit Bauer has filed towards a publication, with the primary being Deadspin.
Again in February, the Los Angeles District Legal professional’s Workplace wouldn’t be criminally charging Bauer for sexual assault allegations made in 2021.
Trevor Bauer recordsdata defamation lawsuit towards The Athletic, Molly Knight
Bauer’s swimsuit claims that The Athletic and Knight, “defamed Mr. Bauer by creating and spreading the false narrative that Mr. Bauer fractured the Complainant’s cranium” in an article printed final June. The pitcher’s authorized group says within the swimsuit that the article had ignored outcomes of a CT scan that dominated out a cranium fracture.
“Defendants acted with precise malice as a result of they intentionally ignored the reality—which was evident within the medical data possessed by The Athletic— and since the Defendants’ defamatory statements have been a part of a marketing campaign to harass Mr. Bauer, as evidenced by, amongst different actions, their prior and subsequent false and deceptive statements about his conduct and character, their efforts to dissuade Main League Baseball groups from signing him, and their strident complaints concerning the Los Angeles Dodgers’ determination so as to add him to their group.”
Bauer has been positioned on MLB’s administrative depart listing since final July, and it has lately been prolonged till April 16, when he faces potential self-discipline from the league.
He had pitched in 17 video games in 2021, recording an 8-5 file, a 2.59 ERA, and 137 strikeouts over 107.2 innings.
