A former D.C. woman accused a Major League Baseball player of raping her at a D.C. hotel in a civil suit filed Thursday.
A woman claims she met 32-year-old Cincinnati Reds pitcher Alfredo Simon at a nightclub downtown last April just hours after he pitched against the Washington Nationals.
After going back to the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel on Connecticut Avenue NW together, Simon got physical with her, the woman claims. She says once he got rough, she told him to stop.
He then pinned her down on her stomach and raped her to the point of bleeding, the woman claims.
The woman says in her civil suit that she went to the hospital the next day and reported it to police.
Sources told News4 no criminal charges were filed.
The U.S. Attorney's Office released the following statement:
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia typically does not confirm or deny investigations and does not comment on grand jury proceedings.
The accuser is suing for $5 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.
The Cincinnati Reds told NBC-affiliate WLWT they do not comment during ongoing investigations.
In November 2011, Simon was acquitted of manslaughter charges in connection with the 2010 shooting death of a man in the Dominican Republic.
Simon was a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles from 2008 to 2011.
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GriftyMcgrift Member since May 22nd 2002 20414 posts
Fri Apr-25-14 11:18 AM
4. "she filed a police report a few days after the incident" In response to Reply # 3 Fri Apr-25-14 11:21 AM by GriftyMcgrift
the rape kit came back indicative of rape
*edit* sorry it came back indicating possible rape
"The woman fled the room, took a cab back to the nightclub and recounted the alleged incident to her roommate, according to the lawsuit.
The woman, who was in pain and bleeding, went to a hospital later that morning for sexual assault exam, the suit says. She reported the attack to D.C. police on May 2.
Police spokesman Hugh Carew said Thursday night that officers forwarded the report to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington. William Miller, public information officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said in an email that the office "typically does not confirm or deny investigations and does not comment on grand jury proceedings."
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