Bauer appeal affects other trial

the appeal of

Trevor Bauer’s suspension expected to extend beyond the end of the World Series, one of his attorneys has asked a Los Angeles court to put a rape trial on hold so she can conclude her work on behalf of the Dodgers pitcher.

Actor Danny Masterson, best known for his work on “That ’70s Show,” was charged in 2020 with three counts of rape. He has pleaded not guilty, and the trial is set to start Oct. 11.

Shawn Holley, who is representing Masterson and Bauer, has asked Los Angeles Superior Court Judge

Charlaine Olmedo to delay the start of the trial until January. Holley said the district attorney’s office did not object to the delay.

But one of the alleged victims is objecting in a statement issued through her lawyer, Nina Hawkinson.

The appeal of Bauer’s suspension started May 23 and is expected to last until November, Holley told the court. The appeal is heard intermittently, but Holley said she is ”working fulltime“on proceedings that she said involve ”voluminous“evidence and could include as many as 22 witnesses, only four of whom have completed testimony before an independent arbitrator.

A hearing on whether to delay the rape trial is scheduled for Aug. 17.