MLB free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig released a statement along with his legal representation (Werksman, Jackson & Quinn LLP) denying the 30-year-old sexually assaulted a woman in a Staples Center bathroom after a Los Angeles Lakers game on Oct. 31, 2018.
Yasiel PuigI released a statement along with my attorneys today. I am encouraging you all to please read. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/agTMeQ3Onz
"I am speaking out now to defend my name against false and malicious accusations by a woman who claims I assaulted her in 2018. Let me be clear and set the record straight once and for all: These allegations are totally false, the evidence proves they are false, and I look forward to all the facts and the truth coming out.