Police present case against the Dodgers’ Trevor Bauer to district attorney

LOS ANGELES — The first step toward potential criminal charges against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was initiated Friday when the Pasadena Police Department presented results of its investigation to the L.A. County District Attorney’s office, according to police spokeswoman Lt. Carolyn Gordon.

The district attorney’s office will consider the evidence presented by the police and determine whether charges will be filed against Bauer, who is accused by a woman of assaulting her during sexual encounters at his Pasadena home April 21 and May 16. The police did not recommend specific charges. “That will be determined by the District Attorney’s office,” Gordon said.

Bauer, 30, has been on paid administrative leave from the Dodgers since late June when the woman, 27, made her allegations public by filing for a temporary restraining order. The leave was extended Friday through Sept. 3.

An L.A. Superior Court judge last week denied a request by the woman to extend the restraining order for the maximum five years allowed under California law and also dissolved the temporary order, ruling that Bauer did not pose a threat to the woman.

Major League Baseball is conducting its own investigation, although experts say it is progressing slowly because criminal charges are still pending. Bauer is in the first year of a three-year, $102 million contract that makes him one of the highestpaid pitchers in baseball.

The woman testified for nearly 12 hours at the four-day restraining order hearing Aug. 16-19, saying she initiated contact with Bauer through an Instagram direct message and that what began as a consensual relationship that included agreedupon rough sex led to sexual acts and battery that were not consensual.