Former Major League Baseball outfielder Juan Encarnacion was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he allegedly sexually assaulted his daughter, the Dominican Republic’s National District province confirmed to ESPN.
Encarnacion's daughter was allegedly assaulted by him in May, the child’s mother said in the complaint. His daughter was not named, and is a minor.
Encarnacion was set to be presented before a judge in Santo Domingo on Saturday. He was born in Las Matas de Farfan, which sits about 20 kilometers from the island nation's border with Haiti.
Per the report, authorities allege that Encarnacion entered his daughter’s room while she was sleeping and “touched private parts of her body.