Trevor Bauer treated his alleged victim 'like a rag doll for his own sexual deviant pleasure,' court hears as the Dodgers pitcher faces his accuser and is DENIED bid to have restraining order against him lifted
Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer treated his alleged victim 'like a rag doll,' punching her, choking her unconscious during sex, and 'using her for his own sexual deviant pleasure,' a Los Angeles courtroom heard on Monday.
Attorneys for his accuser, identified only as Ms. Hill, detailed the baseball player's alleged abuse as they sought a continuation of her restraining order against Bauer, granted six weeks ago after she claimed he became violent during two sexual encounters.
'She was terrified. She could taste blood in her mouth,' lawyer Lisa Helfend-Meyer told the court.
'Trevor Bauer crossed the line. She never consented to her lip being split by Trevor's fist.'
The MLB pitcher, who earns $34million a year, dressed in a blue suit with cream shirt and maroon tie as he sat before Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman, opposite end from his 27-year-old alleged victim, who was in a black pantsuit.
Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer appeared in court on Monday dressed in a blue suit with cream shirt and maroon tie, and sat at opposite his alleged victim, identified as Ms. Hill
The court hearing began with defeat for Bauer after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dianna Gould-Saltman denied his request for the restraining order against him to be lifted
Attorney Lisa Helfend-Meyer told the court Bauer had treated her client 'like a rag doll' and used 'her for his own sexual deviant pleasure'. Hill released photos of her injuries she claims she sustained after Bauer became violent with her during sex
The hearing started with a defeat for 30-year-old athlete when the judge denied his lawyers' motion for the restraining order to be dismissed. Bauer insists that their sex sessions were consensual.
Ms. Hill was giving testimony in the witness box this afternoon but earlier Helfend-Meyer started her case today for continuing the order, telling the court: 'Trevor Bauer committed domestic violence, abuse and sexual abuse on Ms. Hill.
'She had learned to trust Trevor, and it led to serious harm to her.
'A normal person does not freely consent to abuse of himself, likely to produce great bodily harm.'
Helfend-Meyer described Hill - the daughter of a baseball coach and herself a lifelong baseball fan - as a recovering alcoholic who is 'vulnerable, scared and fragile.'
'She was the perfect victim for Trevor Bauer,' she added.
Hill was watching Bauer pitch in his game against the Padres on TV at her home in San Diego when she tagged him in a post, not expecting him to respond, the court heard.
Helfend-Meyer described her client (pictured taking the stand Monday) as 'vulnerable' and the 'perfect victim for Trevor Bauer'
Hill claims she consented to having sex with Bauer on two occasions but, during the encounters, he allegedly punched her repeatedly, choked her unconscious and sodomized her without her consent
But he replied shortly after the game ended and the two began communicating on social media.
Hill then drove the 130 miles to visit Bauer at his Pasadena home on April 21 this year and the two chatted for several hours, during which Bauer told her his three rules of dating: You can't have feelings for the other; you can't post on social media when together; you can still sleep with others, Helfend-Meyer told the court.
They ended up in bed where Bauer became 'aggressive' she said.
'Trevor asked if she had ever been choked during sex before. She said yes, even though she hadn't…..
'He put his fingers down her throat. She asked him to stop and he did.
He wrapped her hair around her neck and choked her out. She became unconscious.'
And when Hill came to: 'Bauer was having anal sex with her,' said Helfend-Meyer.
'The anal sex was very painful. She asked him to stop and he did…….She was bleeding from her anus - she was barely able to walk.'
At their next sexual encounter, again at his Pasadena home, on May 15.
Bauer's attorneys accuse the woman of pursuing the athlete for financial gain in the hopes of reaching a settlement. In a message included in their court filing, the woman allegedly wrote: 'Ill have my NDA signed and sealed, and my feelings button switched off, dont worry'
Previous messages released in court filings reveal Hill telling her cousin that her face was 'f***ed up'
Hill shared pictures of her injuries with her cousin over text messages
Bauer choked her out, the court heard. 'She was having a hard time breathing…she was disoriented,' said the attorney.
'He began hitting her in the face repeatedly. He punched her on the side of the face with his closed fist .
'She was terrified. She was like rag doll. She could not move. She could taste blood in her mouth.
'Then he spread her legs to expose her vagina and began punching her in the vagina. She felt more pain than she had never felt before.
'He then flipped her over on her stomach and started scratching her back. She was scared that he was going to hit her again.
'He asked her if she had ever been hit before and she said she hadn't. Then, very matter-of-factly, he took a shower.'
Hill described their encounters as 'consensual' but said Bauer 'took it too far' by leaving her with black eyes, according to text messages released by his attorneys on Tuesday
Bauer's attorneys claim in a court filing last week that the photos 'appear to be edited or filtered in a manner to give a misleading or false impression of her injuries'
Later Helfend-Meyer added that Bauer told Hill: 'You have a couple of welts. I need to be more careful when I hit you. You might have some bruises on your butt.'
When she returned home, Hill 'threw up violently and had severe headaches', and friends convinced her to go to a hospital for treatment, the court was told.
Hill subsequently drove to Pasadena to report the incidents and police there are still investigating, along with Major League Baseball.
Hill cried today as she took the witness stand to tell the court how he choked her unconscious and had anal sex with her without her consent.
‘It was horrifying,’ said the blonde 27 year-old. ‘It was very forceful and very painful…… There was blood everywhere.’
The woman - identified as Ms Hill told the court that in the April 21 sex session, Bauer, ‘Put me on my stomach and grabbed my hair which was 22 inches long at the time, and he wrapped it roun my neck and applied pressure.
‘When I woke up, I was very confused - he was having anal sex with me.’
Asked if Bauer had asked her permission to have anal sex, she responded ‘No.’
‘Every time I moved I felt shooting pains in my anus,’ she went on. ‘And there was blood. Everything was torn.’
She said she asked him how long she was unconscious and he said tree or four seconds.
The hearing comes after Bauer pushed back against Hill last week, claiming that photos of her bruised and injured face had been 'edited.'
Bauer's attorneys claimed in a court filing last Tuesday that the alleged victim is only pursuing the allegations against the 30-year-old sports star 'to generate publicity, try to end baseball career, and gain a monetary settlement.'
The attorneys vowed that 'no settlements or cash offers have or will ever be made' and said these motivations show the restraining order against Bauer should be dismissed.
Bauer, 30, won the National League Cy Young Award as a member of the Cincinnati Reds last April. He is now on paid leave following the allegations
Hill claims she consented to having sex with Bauer on two occasions but, during the encounters, he allegedly punched her repeatedly, choked her unconscious and sodomized her without her consent.
The alleged victim filed and was granted a temporary restraining order against Bauer in late June and he was placed on paid leave from the Dodgers.
Bauer denies the allegations, claiming the woman willingly participated in rough sex which was 'wholly consensual.'
The Pasadena Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into the allegations. Bauer has not been arrested or charged with any crime in the case.
In the court filing, seen by DailyMail.com, Bauer's attorneys Shawn Holley and Kate Mangels argue that the restraining order should be dismissed, claiming there is no legitimate reason for it.
They accuse the woman of pursuing Bauer for financial gain in the hopes of reaching a settlement - something they say the sports star is not open to.