What to know about Arizona woman's sexual assault accusation against former Dodgers pitcher

The fourth publicly known woman to make sexual assault allegations against baseball pitcher Trevor Bauer is battling him in civil court in Maricopa County.

Here is what we know about their disputes, based on a review of the police reports and records in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Accusations first were made in police reports. No charges were filed

An Arizona woman reported to Scottsdale police in December that Bauer, 32, raped her and got her pregnant and committed other acts of domestic violence on different occasions, such as choking her or dragging her outside in 2020 and 2021.

Bauer denied the accusations and responded by filing his own report with Scottsdale police, accusing the woman of extorting him for expenses related to her pregnancy, which he also believed to be false, according to his police report.

The police reports for the Arizona woman and Bauer are now closed, with neither party being charged.

The Arizona woman said she did not initially report the incident to police out of shame and fear of retaliation. However, she got legal representation, and her legal team was connected with the investigation conducted by Major League Baseball, according to her police report.

The Arizona Republic's policy is not to identify victims of alleged sexual assault unless they agree to be named.

As a result of the MLB investigation, Bauer in April 2022 was suspended for two seasons under the MLB’s sexual assault and domestic abuse policy. In January, the Los Angeles Dodgers released Bauer after his suspension was reduced and he was reinstated. He went unsigned by other teams in the major leagues and is now playing professional baseball in Japan.

How did the Arizona woman's allegations against Bauer come to light?

The woman's allegations surfaced in court documents that came from a civil defamation lawsuit last year that Bauer brought against a San Diego woman who had made accusations similar to the Arizona woman's.

The San Diego woman was the first to go public with allegations against Bauer in June 2021, when she asked for a temporary restraining order that led to an investigation by Major League Baseball and police in Pasadena, California.

Bauer was not arrested or charged in the San Diego case, and the restraining order was rescinded in August 2021.

After the San Diego woman came forward, two other women from Ohio made similar allegations against Bauer in the Washington Post. Documents filed by the San Diego woman’s attorney in Bauer’s defamation lawsuit also reference another woman, described as Jane Doe 5, who had reached out to the attorney about a sexual interaction with Bauer, according to court filings.

Bauer’s defamation lawsuit against the San Diego woman is still pending in Southern California.

However, she has countersued him, stating that he had gone too far in their sexual encounters without her consent. Bauer had also sued her former lawyer, Fred Thiagarajah, for defamation. That case was dismissed in November after a judge ruled that Bauer did not meet the burden to support his case against him.

When were lawsuits filed in Arizona?

The Arizona woman filed a civil lawsuit in December against Bauer, listing incidents she brought up in the police report. The woman accused Bauer of battery, assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress and has asked for $3.69 million and an “apology to any woman that Bauer has sexually humiliated and abused against their consent.”

The baseball player countersued, bringing up the same accusation he did in his police report.

Arizona woman's police report: Allegations of sexual assault, but police did not seek charges

The woman reported in December to Scottsdale police that she was sexually assaulted by Bauer in December 2020. In the report, she said she delayed reporting out of fear and shame, but her therapist encouraged her to tell police as a form of closure.

The woman said she and Bauer started “semi-dating” one another in early 2020. Over time, their relationship became exclusive, but Bauer’s work schedule made it difficult at times, she said. She reported they were not sexually active.

Between February and December 2020, she said Bauer assaulted her multiple times, according to the police report. She said police were not contacted for these incidents:

● While at his Scottsdale house, Bauer asked the woman to hit him. When she said she would not punch him, Bauer became “irate” and dragged the woman outside, the report states. She said she was locked outside for nearly 30 minutes before he let her go back in. Documents from the civil lawsuit state that this took place in November 2020. Documents also state that after letting her back in, Bauer slammed the woman against the wall and choked her.

● While the two were eating dinner at his home, Bauer randomly put a steak knife to the woman’s neck and asked if she ever had been held at knifepoint, according to the report. Bauer continued to eat dinner like nothing had happened. Court documents from her civil lawsuit state that this took place in December 2020 and that Bauer scratched the woman’s throat with the knife.

● While the two were embracing at a Scottsdale park and looking at the stars, the woman told police that Bauer randomly started to choke her, the report states.

● While at her apartment in Scottsdale, she told police that Bauer randomly started to choke her in a mixed martial arts style, the report states. She said she pleaded with him to let her go, but he held her down for nearly four minutes, according to the report.

● Then, on Dec. 14, 2020, the woman reported that Bauer raped her, according to the police report. She said that the two had gone to bed around 2 a.m. at his house. While in bed, she said she asked Bauer why he had not been pursuing her sexually. He then reportedly asked if she wanted him to be more adamant about pursuing her that way, but she told him it was just a general question. She told him she did not want him to be aggressive, according to the report.

Bauer then “quickly” started to take off the woman’s clothes until she was naked, the report states. She reported that she felt uncomfortable since that was the first time she had been undressed in front of Bauer. The woman then told Bauer that she was not ready for a sexual relationship and tried to persuade him from going further, according to the report. He continued on by forcibly pulling her legs apart and started to perform oral sex on her, the report states.

The woman told police that she continuously tried to push Bauer away and tell him that she was not ready. He told her that he was going to penetrate her with his penis, according to the report. Again, the woman reported that she tried to persuade him not to do so, but he entered her “against her will,” according to the report.

The woman said Bauer physically assaulted her and caused multiple injuries, according to the report. She reported Bauer choked her with his hands and her braids by wrapping them around her neck. She said at one point, she began to see white, as if she were about to pass out. The woman reported that Bauer slapped her buttocks, lower back and thighs so hard that she ended up with several welts that were swollen and raised, according to the report.

After the sexual assault, the woman went to the bathroom, and when she returned, she reported that Bauer seemed to realize what he had done and asked her if she was OK. She told him she was OK so he could go to sleep. She told police she was afraid to leave and wake him up since his arm was across her body. In the morning, the woman reported that Bauer would not let her leave until she promised that she would stay in contact with him, according to the report. She told police that she made the promise in order to leave.

The two met up shortly after the sexual attack, according to the report. The woman told police that Bauer indicated that he realized that his actions were “egregious” and he seemed to acknowledge that what happened was not consensual, the report states.

The woman told police she did not report the assault at the time because she felt shame, but she also feared retaliation because of the previous assaults she accused Bauer of in the report.

The woman said she ended up becoming pregnant, according to court records related to the civil lawsuit. The woman initially told police in December 2022 that she had a miscarriage, but later in the conversation referred to having an abortion. Investigators at the time asked for clarification and she told them, “They’re pretty much the same thing,” and did not want to discuss it further.

In January 2023, the woman clarified to police that just before going to a medical clinic to receive abortion services in Pennsylvania, she had a miscarriage, according to the police report. She told police that she did not see any medical personnel for treatment, but instead saw her OB-GYN in Arizona an “unknown amount of time” after being in Pennsylvania, the report states.

For the police report, she provided medical records to investigators — one dated a day after the sexual assault and two dated nearly four months after her reported miscarriage. Investigators noted in the police report that the records did not indicate whether the woman was pregnant.

In the civil lawsuit, the woman reported that she miscarried in April 2021.

Bauer did not participate in an interview with police for this matter since, at the time of reporting, he had just moved overseas, his counsel stated in the report.

After considering the information obtained and there being no established probable cause, investigators stated in the report that the case was "inactive." No charges were filed. Unless more information surfaced that warranted a reopening, the report stated, the case would remain inactive.

Trevor Bauer's police report: Allegations of extortion, but police did not seek charges

Less than a month after the woman filed her report with Scottsdale police, Bauer’s attorney Anne Chapman filed a police report on his behalf, accusing the woman of theft by extortion. Bauer accused the woman of demanding financial compensation for expenses related to her pregnancy and abortion, which he also accuses the woman of fabricating, the report states.

Chapman told police that Bauer and the woman started as friends and eventually had sexual intercourse. Two different dates were given in the report for the date of intercourse. Chapman first told police that took place in January 2021, according to the report. Chapman said that was the only time the two had sexual intercourse and that the woman had requested she and Bauer have a continuous sexual relationship.

Chapman also reported that the woman demanded that Bauer give her a sample of his sperm that she could keep so she could impregnate herself at a later date, according to the report.

Later in the police report, investigators documented that Chapman summarized that the woman and Bauer had sexual intercourse on Dec. 13, 2020. She reported that the condom “failed” during their sexual encounter. She told police in the report that the woman requested money for a Plan B pill and later requested help in receiving abortion services.

Chapman told police that the woman had made multiple demands for money — between $1 million and $3 million — in 2021 and 2022. She reported that the woman received about $10,000 from Bauer in 2021 for medical expenses, prenatal vitamins and car services related to the pregnancy. She also reported that there was a related transaction for more than $4,000. Chapman told police that she was going to provide records that document the transactions.

A few days later, Chapman sent investigators an email that listed five Venmo transactions from Dec. 16, 2020, and April 1, 2021, that Bauer sent to the woman, the report shows. The transactions are the dates the woman is accused of extorting Bauer, according to the report, with the total amount being $8,761.09.

In the report, Chapman said the woman and Bauer met in March 2021. She said the woman asked Bauer for $1 million and said she was going to have the baby if she was not paid, according to the report. Later that same month, the two met at the woman’s home. Chapman told police that during this meeting, Bauer recorded their interaction to verify that the woman had asked for $1 million dollars in lieu of having an abortion, the report states.

In January 2022, the woman, through legal counsel, sent a demand letter to Bauer and asked for a $3.6 million payment, the report shows. This is nearly the same amount she is asking for in her civil suit.

After investigators assessed the details of the extortion case, they decided that what was disclosed did not meet the state’s theft by extortion statute.

The case was cleared and labeled as “unfounded.”

Happening now: Civil lawsuit battle continues in Phoenix

In addition to her original allegations of domestic violence and sexual assault, the woman detailed and accused Bauer of other acts in an amended civil complaint filed in June. Bauer recently filed a response.

In November 2020, when the two were at Bauer’s house, the woman stated that Bauer grabbed her hair and “snapped” her head back, twice, according to the court document. He then pushed her onto the bed and pulled out some of her hair, the document stated.

The next month, while at his house again, the woman had asked Bauer for an ibuprofen. She stated that Bauer gave her two Tylenol PM extra strength sleeping pills instead and told her it was “just Tylenol.” She ended up becoming drowsy, she stated. According to the filing, Bauer then walked up from behind her, started to smother her, and put her in a chokehold. The woman stated she tried to escape, called Bauer’s name, and tapped his arm to be released but nothing worked, according to the court document. As a result, the woman stated, she passed out.

The court document went on to state that in March 2021, Bauer visited her home, disrobed, and slammed the woman's back on top of her computer and caused the screen to break. According to the filing, Bauer told the woman that if she decided to keep the baby, he would not continue a relationship with her. He then offered to hire a car service to take the woman to a medical facility to get an abortion the next day, but she decided to not end her pregnancy, according to the court document.

Also in the filing, the woman stated that when she told Bauer she believed she was pregnant in January 2021, he told her that they should keep things private and not keep a record of what had happened between them, including the pregnancy.

Bauer’s filed response denied nearly every accusation the woman listed and occasionally brought up counterarguments. In relation to the alleged sexual assault, Bauer admitted to putting on a condom and that “while having consensual sex,” the condom broke. In the filing, he denied engaging in any violent or nonconsensual acts with the woman.

He admitted in the filing that the woman told him that she was pregnant but denied telling her to keep things private. He stated that the woman had sent him messages of records relating to her emergency contraception, pregnancy and medical care although, Bauer stated, the woman’s name and information were not in the records to verify that she was pregnant. He asked the woman for medical records to support the medical expenses she claimed she had, but he stated she became upset with him, according to the court document.

Bauer did not deny that he visited the woman’s house in March 2021. However, he denied in the filing that he disrobed and slammed her on the computer. Instead, Bauer stated that he left her house after she tried to kiss and initiate another sexual encounter with him. In his police report, Chapman had told police that this date in March was when Bauer obtained an audio recording of the woman's financial demand.

Bauer denied that the two were ever in a relationship and stated in the filing that he has an audio recording of him “explicitly” telling the woman that the decision to have the baby was hers, according to the court document. He stated in his filing that since he was going to be out of town and unavailable, he had offered to have a vehicle take the woman to her appointment to terminate her pregnancy. He said this event did not take place the day after the accused body slamming but six days later, according to the court document. Bauer also noted that the woman had asked him if she could take a premium vehicle to the appointment.

Bauer denied in the filing that the woman decided to keep the baby and the fact that she had a miscarriage because he lacked any knowledge about whether those statements were true.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Trevor Bauer assault allegations: What Arizona court records say