Dodgers pull Trevor Bauer merchandise from team store one week after assault allegations were made against the pitcher

• Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was accused of assault by a woman he met on social media.
• The Dodgers removed Bauer-themed merchandise from the team store and canceled his bobblehead night, according to the Orange County Register.
• The team also placed him on paid leave and he is not expected to return, manager Dave Roberts said.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have removed all merchandise associated with pitcher Trevor Bauer from the team store in light of assault allegations that were made against him, according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.

The Dodgers have also removed Trevor Bauer Bobblehead Night from their promotional calendar.

A Dodgers spokesman said the decision was made because the organization "did not feel it was appropriate" to commence with the promotion or sell Bauer's merchandise "while investigations continue by Major League Baseball and the Pasadena Police Department," according to Plunkett.

The woman, who Insider has chosen not to name, alleges that Bauer performed nonconsensual physical abuse during two instances of consensual sex, according to a temporary ex parte restraining order request obtained by Insider on June 30. The request was filed by the woman and her attorney on June 28.

She claims that he choked her to the point of unconsciousness and punched her, according to the restraining order.

"The order is a result of a recent assault that took place at the hands of Mr. Bauer where [the woman] suffered severe physical and emotional pain," Mark Garelick said in a statement last Tuesday. "Our goal is to keep Mr. Bauer from contacting our client in any way possible."

Bauer's agent Jon Fetterolf denied the allegations of abuse and said the encounters between Bauer and the woman were consensual, in a statement to Insider last Wednesday.

"Mr. Bauer had a brief and wholly consensual sexual relationship initiated by [the woman] beginning in April 2021. We have messages that show [the woman] repeatedly asking for 'rough' sexual encounters involving requests to be 'choked out' and slapped in the face," Fetterolf said last week in a statement. "In both of their encounters, [the woman] drove from San Diego to Mr. Bauer's residence in Pasadena, Calif. where she went on to dictate what she wanted from him sexually and he did what was asked. Following each of her only two meetings with Mr. Bauer, [the woman] spent the night and left without incident, continuing to message Mr. Bauer with friendly and flirtatious banter. In the days following their second and final encounter, [the woman] shared photos of herself and indicated that she had sought medical care for a concussion. Mr. Bauer responded with concern and confusion, and [the woman] was neither angry nor accusatory."

MLB placed Bauer on paid administrative leave on Friday, July 2, which lasts for seven days. But Bauer is not expected to return to the team once his leave is over, according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

"I don't see it happening," Roberts said during a virtual press conference on Monday, of Bauer returning after the seven days are up.

Administrative leave is not considered a suspension; the player still gets his full salary despite not residing on the active roster under the joint domestic violence policy between MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA).

MLB can also request an extension of seven additional days with consent from the MLBPA. Previous players accused of criminal activity have been shifted to indefinite leave.

Insider reached out to Fetterolf for a follow-up statement regarding the Dodgers' merchandising decision but did not receive a response at the time of publication.

Bauer is also under criminal investigation by the Pasadena police department. The case is expected to be sent to the Pasadena District Attorney's Office.