Report: Ex-MLB star Omar Vizquel accused Of domestic abuse

Omar Vizquel has been accused of physically harming his wife, Blanca, on multiple occasions according to a report in The Athletic. The former shortstop denies the accusations.

Blanca Vizquel told The Athletic in a story released Wednesday that the thee-time All-Star had physically abused her on two occasions, in 2011 and in 2016. She also said there was a heated argument this August when she decided to file for a divorce.

The couple was married in 2014. In 2016, Blanca said Omar, 53, was taken into custody by police after an incident at their Seattle-area home that resulted in Omar pushing her, which caused her to fall, hurt her shin and break several fingernails. Omar was booked for fourth-degree domestic assault, but

Blanca had the charges dropped in a letter written to prosecutors denying the official police report.

Blanca told The Athletic that her husband forced her to sign that letter.

In 2011, Blanca’s sister, Nelly Metler, wrote a witness statement saying, “We saw him on top of her, his elbow on her throat, her arms pin (sic) down on bed, she was screaming, telling him to let me go.” Omar allegedly choked Blanca and he asserted his wife had scratched him during an argument at Metler’s Alabama home. The two later jointly decided to file a motion asking for charges to be dismissed.

Omar Vizquel released a statement to multiple outlets, including the Daily News, via a communications firm on Wednesday afternoon.

“Let me be clear and unequivocal. I have never hit or been violent towards my wife, Blanca,” Vizquel

said. “Any accusation to the contrary is false. The two incidents described in The Athletic, one in Alabama in 2011 and another in Washington state in 2016, date back years ago and were either dismissed or closed. Blanca herself asked for the dismissal of the Washington case and both of us asserted to Alabama authorities that the 2011 incident was a verbal dispute over differences in our relationship.

“Furthermore, I have never asked anyone, to remain silent or lie about problems in our relationship.”

Omar Vizquel also claimed Metler made a false accusation of the 2011 incident.

Blanca, 36, first detailed being “abused in every way possible: physically, sexually, emotionally, psychologically” by Omar in a 22-minute Instagram video on Oct. 7.