Domestic abuse case holding up Chapman deal?
According to a police report obtained by Yahoo!’s Jeff Passan and Tim Brown, Reds All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman in an October incident fired a gun multiple times in his garage and allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Passan and Brown write:
No arrests were made after the incident, in which more than a dozen police officers were dispatched to Chapman’s home in Davie, Fla., around 11 p.m. on Oct. 30. Chapman’s girlfriend exited the house and hid in bushes following the argument that stemmed from something she found on Chapman’s cellphone, according to the police report.
CBS Sports MLB Insider Jon Heyman adds this:
Chapman attorney Jay reisinger: “I reviewed the facts as they are stated, and I deny the facts on behalf of aroldis.”
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) December 8, 2015
On Monday, the Reds were thought to have initially agreed to trade Chapman, 27, to the Dodgers in exchange for prospects. However, the deal later hit a snag of some sort. According to Passan and Brown, that this police report came to light is indeed what held up the trade. As for as resolving any trade, it could be a while:
#Reds Jocketty said any trade of Chapman could take several weeks
— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) December 8, 2015
Passan’s and Brown’s story contains many additional details of the alleged incident and also includes the police report itself.
In August, MLB and the MLBPA announced that commissioner Rob Manfred would be empowered to discipline players for incidents of domestic abuse.
Some troubling allegations may have put the Aroldis Chapman trade on hold. (USATSI)
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