In a statement released on his Twitter feed Tuesday, free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig has denied claims in a lawsuit that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2018 and said that the allegations have prevented him from continuing his Major League career.
"I am speaking out now to defend my name against false and malicious allegations by a woman who claims I assaulted her in 2018," Puig wrote. "These allegations are totally false, the evidence proves they are false, and I look forward to all the facts and the truth coming out."
The woman, identified in federal court documents only as Jane Roe, sued Puig last October, saying the former Dodgers outfielder followed her into a Staples Center bathroom after a Lakers game on Oct.