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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expects Trevor Bauer to be out longer than MLB seven-day leave

Associated Press

MIAMI – Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expects pitcher Trevor Bauer to be out beyond the seven-day administrative leave imposed by Major League Baseball slated to end Friday.

Bauer was placed on leave last Friday, three days after an allegation of assault was made by a woman against him. MLB and police are investigating the incident.

The administrative leave – during which a player is paid but cannot play – has been extended for players under the policy in the past.

Roberts expressed doubts about Bauer returning as soon as Friday before the Dodgers opened a four-game series against the Miami Marlins on Monday.

The leave was imposed under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy adopted by MLB and the players’ union in 2015 and can be the initial step leading to a longer suspension.

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Pitcher Trevor Bauer is being investigated by police and MLB.

A protection order against Bauer was obtained under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act and was the result of an assault by him that left the woman who sought the order with “severe physical and emotional pain,” Marc Garelick, the woman’s attorney, said last week.

In an 84-page document, obtained by USA TODAY Sports, the woman accuses Bauer of punching multiple parts of her body, including the side of the head, and choking her with her hair to the point that she lost consciousness. She also claims Bauer had anal sex with her without her consent. 

Bauer, through his attorney Jon Fetterolf, has claimed that the two sexual encounters between the pitcher and the woman were wholly consensual. Bauer can formally respond to the allegations at a July 23 hearing, during which a judge will determine if the restraining order should be upheld.

"We reaffirm our original statement and refute (the woman’s) allegations in the strongest possible terms," Fetterolf and Bauer's co-agent, Rachel Luba, said in a statement Friday to USA TODAY Sports. "Mr. Bauer will not appeal MLB’s decision to place him on administrative leave at this time in an effort to minimize any distraction to the Dodgers organization and to his teammates."

Bauer, 30 joined his hometown Dodgers this year with a three-year, $102 million contract. He is 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA. Bauer made his last start on June 28, when he pitched six innings and defeated the San Francisco Giants 3-2.

Contributing: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Sports

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