Addison Russell has been placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball pending the completion of an investigation into the domestic abuse allegations of his ex-wife Melisa Reidy.
On September 19 Reidy published a detailed account of the abuse she suffered while she was married to Russell. While these allegations had been made publicly shortly after the couple separated last year, Melisa had not previously published her account.
MLB explained their decision in the following statement:
“Major League Baseball takes all allegations of Domestic Violence seriously. When the allegations against Addison Russell became public on June 7, 2017, the Commissioner’s Office’s Department of Investigations immediately commenced an investigation.