Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is looking for a second chance in the MLB, explaining that he’s learned a lot over the past few years and has made major changes in his personal life.
Bauer was initially suspended for a stunning 324 games from the league after a San Diego woman named Lindsey Hill accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her twice in 2021. Notably, Bauer was never charged with a crime and was placed on administrative leave by his then-team before any investigation was ever conducted.
“I know I’ve made mistakes,” the athlete told Fox News’ Bill Hemmer on Thursday. “That’s kinda what I’m trying to focus on — how do I get better from the experiences that I’ve had.”
“I’ve made mistakes in my personal life,” Bauer explained. “I’m really detail-oriented when it comes to baseball and my training, but I didn’t apply the same level of scrutiny to my personal life. I made mistakes. I agreed to do things I shouldn’t have done. I was reckless. It hurt a lot of people along the way. I made things very difficult for Major League Baseball, for the Dodgers, my teammates, my friends, family, people close to me.”
“I’ve done a lot of reflecting on that and made a lot of changes in my life to address that,” he said. “I’m not having casual sexual relationships anymore, for example.”
Bauer settled his legal dispute with Hill last year and released a video revealing some of the text messages Hill sent to her friends prior to meeting Bauer and after one of their encounters that suggests she was always focused on getting money from him.
“‘Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,'” Bauer begins in the video with a picture of Hill’s text. “A text Lindsey Hill sent to a friend before she ever even met me. ‘What should I steal?’ she asked another, in reference to visiting my house for the first time. The answer? ‘Take his money.’ So how might that work? ‘I’m going to his house Wednesday,’ she said. ‘I already have my hooks in. You know how I roll.’ Then, after the first time we met, ‘Net worth is 51 mil.’ she said. ‘b****, you better secure the bag,’ was the response.”
“But how was she going to do that?” Bauer continued. “‘Need daddy to choke me out,’ she said. ‘being an absolute w**** to try to get in on his 51 million,’ read another text. Then, after the second time we met, former [San Diego] Padres pitcher Jacob Nix told her ‘you gotta get this bag.’ ‘I’ll give you 50,000,’ Lindsey replied. Her AA sponsor asked her at one point, ‘do you feel a tiny bit guilty?’ ‘Not really,’ she replied.”
Bauer said these messages were “deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team” until he filed his lawsuit against Hill and the case entered discovery.
2 years later and I can finally talk about this ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/o6jFqMzY05
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) October 2, 2023
A motion from Bauer to dismiss Hill’s lawsuit accusing the athlete of sexual assault includes a video of Hill and Bauer in bed. Hill appears in the 10-second video and slowly moves the camera toward a sleeping Bauer. She then moves the camera back on herself and smiles coyly.
“Hi. Just a friendly reminder that [Trevor Bauer] is 100% innocent,” one person captioned the now-viral video.
“This was taken hours after I supposedly brutally assaulted this woman, when she claims she was terrified and desperate to get out of my house and in tremendous pain,” Bauer reacted to the post.
This was taken hours after I supposedly brutally assaulted this woman, when she claims she was terrified and desperate to get out of my house and in tremendous pain. https://t.co/k0jma3eqLP
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) September 14, 2022
Trevor went on to tell Hemmer that he handled things with a lot of people, including the media, poorly in the past.
“I also made a lot of people in the media mad,” he said. “I was very immature with how I handled things when people would write things about me I didn’t agree with. I should’ve just had a private, adult conversation with someone. I was bullied a lot as a kid. I don’t really want to get into that, but at the time I viewed a lot of my responses on social media as standing up for myself and having a voice. And I think I was just immature.”
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“I’ve grown up a lot, for sure,” the athlete continued. “My viewpoints now are drastically different than they were five years ago, 10 years ago. Different things are important to me.”
“I’d love to play baseball,” Bauer added. “That’s my goal — to play baseball here in the United States. Still one of the best pitchers in the world. I’d like to compete at the highest level. I’m also really passionate about helping people, being good for the game. I think I’ve done a lot of damage, unfortunately, in the first half of my career, and I’d love a second opportunity to do things better.”
Ashe Schow contributed to this report