Los Angeles Dodgers superstar pitcher Trevor Bauer on Friday was placed on a week-long administrative leave by Major League Baseball amid a criminal investigation of claims that Bauer sexually assaulted a woman in brutal incidents.
Bauer's forced leave was announced on the same day President Joe Biden hosted the Dodgers at the White House to mark their World Series win last fall.
Bauer, who won the 2020 National League Cy Young Award while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, in February agreed to a three-year contract with the Dodgers that could pay him a total of $102 million, making him one of the highest-paid baseball players.
The 30-year-old, who was next scheduled to pitch Sunday in Washington against the Nationals, has not been criminally charged. But he is under criminal investigation by police in California.
Bauer also is the subject of a temporary domestic violence restraining order filed Tuesday by his 27-year-old accuser.
Major League Baseball said in a statement that its investigation of allegations made against Bauer by the woman is "is ongoing."
"While no determination in the case has been made, we have made the decision to place Mr. Bauer on seven-day administrative leave effective immediately," MLB said in the statement.
"MLB continues to collect information in our ongoing investigation concurrent with the Pasadena Police Department's active criminal investigation. We will comment further at the appropriate time."
A Dodgers spokesman told KNBC-TV that," I don't believe the administrative leave can be appealed."
"It allows MLB time to investigate without imposing discipline," said the spokesman, adding that disciplinary action can be appealed.
The announcement came a day after Sports Illustrated published an article online with the headline: "Trevor Bauer Must Not Start Sunday."
The article blasted the Dodgers and MLB for "cowardice" in not having placed Bauer on leave despite the "sickening" allegations against him.
Bauer's accuser said in her application for the restraining order that he choked her until she lost consciousness during two sexual encounters, and during one of the encounters repeatedly punched her in the face and genitals, injuring her so badly that she was hospitalized.
She also alleges he engaged in sexual conduct that she had not agreed to one of the encounters.
Bauer's agent, Jon Fetterolf, has previously said that Bauer "had a brief and wholly consensual sexual relationship" with the woman that she initiated.
"Her basis for filing a protection order is nonexistent, fraudulent, and deliberately omits key facts, information, and her own relevant communications," Fetterolf told NBC News.
The agent did not respond to a request for comment from CNBC on Friday.
Bauer, whose major league debut came in 2012, has appeared in 17 games this season. He has a record of 8-5, and an earned run average of 2.59.
- Additional reporting by CNBC's Jessica Golden and Jabari Young
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