The San Diego woman who accused Bauer of sexual assault filed a defamation suit against him on Monday.
Bauer's attorneys say that the woman fabricated allegations of sexual assault and sued for bogus criminal and civil actions in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
On June 28, 2021, a domestic violence restraining order was granted against Bauer by a woman who said he took consensual rough sex too far during two encounters at his Pasadena, California, home in April and May.
Bauer and his attorneys called the accusations fraudulent and baseless.
The L.A. County District Attorney decided not to pursue criminal charges against Bauer after the woman was denied a permanent restraining order. Major League Baseball has the power to suspend players for "just cause" under its domestic violence policy.
Bauer's attorneys deny that he engaged in anal sex with the woman and also deny that he punched her in the face, stomach or vagina, or scratched her on her cheek or on her back.
At all times during both sexual encounters, Mr. Bauer agreed with the woman.
The woman who was 27 years old at the time continued to pursue Bauer after the first encounter because she wanted a rougher sexual experience so she could later claim that it was not what she wanted.
The suit references text messages the woman sent to friends in which she bragged about a potential payouts, while noting inconsistencies in her testimony during the hearing, as well as allegations that she deliberately deleted phone records.
The woman who provided photographs and medical records as part of her DVRO declaration said she woke up the morning after the second sexual encounter with two black eyes, a swollen jaw and cheekbones, dark red scratches on the right side of her face, bruised gums, and a lump on the side of The woman said she consented to being unconscious.
The woman is accused of starting rough sex by sending a text message between their first and second encounters. In the text message, which became a central part of the August hearing, the woman invited Bauer to all the pain.
The woman left Bauer's house after the second encounter on May 16 with no visible marks or bruise on her face or body.
The lawsuit accuses one of the woman's attorneys of defamation after he told the Washington Post that the woman had been brutalized and that the conduct she alleged was established with.
Bauer's lawyers filed defamation lawsuits against two media companies, saying that Deadspin knowingly published false information in its coverage of the sexual assault allegations and that The Athletic led a campaign to maliciously target and harass.
The Pasadena Police Department was subpoenaed by Bauer's lawyers for missing phone records from the San Diego woman.
The judge who dissolved the temporary restraining order against Bauer ruled that the pitcher wouldn't be able to see the woman's phone records.
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