On Thursday, an L.A. Superior Court judge denied a woman’s request for a permanent restraining order against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer. The woman said in her petition for a temporary restraining order, and again on the stand this week at a hearing to make the order permanent, that Bauer had strangled her during sex causing her to pass out and she woke up to him assaulting her.
Bauer’s lawyers have denied this, saying everything was consensual. Their client has been on paid leave since early July as MLB investigates the woman’s claims, a leave that on Thursday was extended for a sixth time until at least August 27.