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Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer has won his lawsuit against the woman who falsely accused him of sexual assault back in 2021.The accuser, Lindsey Hill, was ordered to pay Bauer $310,000 for violating a settlement agreement two years ago. The earlier agreement prohibited either party from falsely claiming the other had paid to settle, but Hill breached that agreement when she repeatedly claimed publicly that Bauer had paid her.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel Crowley awarded Bauer $220,000 for Hill’s 22 violations of the earlier agreement, along with $68,939.55 in attorney fees, $16,634.52 in interest, and additional costs of $4,257.95 for a total of $309,832.02.Bauer’s agent, Rachel Luba, made clear on X that “the only money ever exchanged between” Bauer and Hill will be the “$309,000 in damages” Hill will need to pay Bauer.“So to sum up: Lindsey Hill has now been ordered to pay Bauer, and has been arrested and is being charged with assault and abuse with an outstanding warrant for her arrest. Bauer’s other false accuser is currently being charged with committing fraud against him. And most importantly, Bauer has never been arrested, charged with a single crime, or paid even a cent to an accuser,” Luba wrote.Trevor Bauer has won his lawsuit against Lindsey Hill for falsely claiming that Bauer paid her any monetary amount to settle their original lawsuit, and she is ordered to pay him $309,000 in damages. Now, the only money ever exchanged between the two is Hill paying Bauer… https://t.co/cqM5sl4Jds— Rachel Luba (レイチェル・ルーバ) (@AgentRachelLuba) June 3, 2025 Luba referred to Hill’s arrest in late April for multiple offenses, including third-degree assault of an EMS official, public intoxication, driving on a suspended license, disorderly conduct, and animal cruelty. The U.S. Sun reported at the time that Hill became “drunk and disorderly” at a restaurant and became violent after she was arrested and placed in a patrol car, attempting to break the divider. Police wrote in their report that she then had an “emergency medical situation” and EMS officials were called. While attempting to treat her, Hill assaulted the officials. The animal cruelty offense came from Hill leaving her dog inside a hot car without water.Bauer commented on Hill’s arrest by sarcastically calling her Major League Baseball’s “superstar.”“Apparently, the more likely you are to get drunk and actually commit crimes, the more they actually back you, whether it’s getting you back on the field or using you to take someone else off the field,” Bauer added.That’s their superstar right there. Apparently, the more likely you are to get drunk and actually commit crimes, the more they actually back you, whether it’s getting you back on the field or using you to take someone else off the field.— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) May 5, 2025 The original settlement in 2023 came after Bauer sued Hill for defamation. She countersued, alleging sexual assault. Hill had previously accused Bauer of sexual assault in 2021, but he was never arrested or charged with any crime. The L.A. District Attorney’s office released a statement in 2022 explaining why it declined to prosecute Bauer.“After a thorough review of all the available evidence including the civil restraining order proceedings, witness statements and the physical evidence — the People are unable to prove the relevant charges beyond a reasonable doubt,” the DA’s office said. “Those charges were assault by means likely to cause great bodily harm, sodomy of a sleeping person and domestic violence.”In August 2021, a Los Angeles judge denied Hill’s attempt to receive a permanent restraining order against Bauer, Outkick reported, with the judge saying her claims were “materially misleading.”The MLB quickly suspended Bauer for 324 games after Hill made her accusations – even though no investigation had been conducted. For comparison, MLB outfielder Marcell Ozuna was actually arrested for domestic violence against his wife in 2021 but received only a 20-game suspension and has been playing for the Atlanta Braves ever since.Hill alleged that Bauer sexually assaulted her and repeatedly punched her in the face, vagina, and buttocks, and also choked her to the point of losing consciousness several times. In October 2023, after the first settlement agreement, Bauer revealed text messages Hill sent to her friends before she even met the former MLB star, suggesting she plotted to get money from him.“‘Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,’” Bauer says in the video while showing 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—h, 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 whore 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 at the time that the text messages were “deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team” until he sued Hill for defamation and the case entered discovery. Bauer also played a video that Hill had taken just before she left Bauer’s house the morning of the alleged assault, showing her in bed next to him, smirking, and with no visible injuries.Bauer also said that Hill approached him for money, but after his legal team showed her the texts and video, she asked for a settlement instead, which included no money. Bauer agreed, so long as he was able to publicly discuss the case.The MLB didn’t welcome back Bauer after Hill’s lies were exposed. It didn’t welcome him back after his second accuser was charged with extorting him in 2024. Bauer played in the Mexican Baseball League and won the Pitcher of the Year award in 2024. Now he plays professional baseball in Japan. Now that Hill has been ordered to pay Bauer nearly $310,000 for her lies, will the MLB finally welcome back this star pitcher? Again, Marcell Ozuna faced a much shorter suspension after actually being charged with domestic assault against his wife, and he is currently playing in the MLB, so why was Bauer, who was falsely accused, blackballed?

A Clemson University student who was awarded $5.3 million after being falsely accused of sexual assault must continue to fight for his award money.Andrew Pampu was awarded the money in April 2022 after he sued his accuser, Erin Wingo, her father, David, and her ex-boyfriend, Colin Gahagan, for defamation. But last month, South Carolina’s Court of Appeals overturned the ruling and set a dangerous precedent —that quasi-judicial campus tribunals carry the same weight as jury trials.A jury unanimously agreed that Pampu had been defamed and ordered Erin to pay $700,000 in actual damages and $450,000 in punitive damages, her father to pay $230,000 in damages, and Gahagan to pay $700,000 in actual damages and $220,000 in punitive damages for defamation. Erin and Gahagan were also ordered to pay damages for civil conspiracy, with Erin ordered to pay $2 million in actual damages and Gahagan ordered to pay $1 million, Greenville News reported in 2022.The three appealed the ruling, even though the lawsuit kicked off after Gahagan admitted to Pampu that he had helped Wingo falsely accuse him.“You’re innocent,” Gahagan wrote in a January 2017 text message, months after Pampu had been suspended from Clemson based on Wingo’s claims. “I lied in that hearing. Erin wanted to have sex that night. Get your brothers away from me and never touch your [sic] life again and I’ll come through with the truth that she lied. I deleted the texts from that night prove [sic] she was f****** crazy. You’re innocent. Just pull your f****** boys off me and never touch me again. It’s sad that you were like a brother to me and this happened[.] You’re innocent. Send this to your lawyer. Just don’t call me into the hearing and leave me alone. You’re welcome. That’s all I ask. You’re innocent bud.”But the Court of Appeals overturned the unanimous jury ruling, in part by claiming the trial that led to the ruling was unnecessary because the case had already been litigated by Clemson University administrators.This, despite the fact that campus tribunals provide little to no due process for accused students, including discovery or even the right to properly question their accuser and call witnesses. The Court claimed that “fundamental fairness requires the court to give preclusive effect to the administrative hearing board’s February 29, 2016, findings.”One of Pampu’s attorneys, Kimberly Lau, blasted the court for its ruling.“This ruling dangerously distorts the law and undermines the role of juries,” said Lau, who has been representing falsely accused students for more than a decade. “Andrew Pampu was defamed, denied due process, and suspended from Clemson based on false testimony. A jury heard all the facts and unanimously ruled in his favor. That justice has now been upended by a misapplied legal doctrine that values a flawed university proceeding over a full and fair trial.”Pampu and his attorneys say they will continue to fight for justice following the disappointing ruling.“After ten exhausting years, including seven spent defending myself and three more in the appellate process, I remain committed to standing up for the truth,” Pampu said. “When I received the favorable unanimous jury verdict in March 2022, I was overwhelmed with relief.”“Since then, the case has continued through the courts, and while the recent appellate ruling is discouraging, I believe it raises serious questions about access to justice and the weight given to jury findings,” he added. “I will continue to stand up for what is right, not only for myself, but for anyone who finds themselves fighting to clear their name and move forward with their life.”Pampu’s struggles began nearly a decade ago, in early September 2015, when Wingo pursued him for sexual activity leading up to a fraternity party where Gahagan, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, was ignoring her, as The Daily Wire previously reported. Wingo propositioned Pampu and the two ended up having sex outside near a shed. Following the encounter, Wingo complained about Gahagan and ended up crying over him for the rest of the night, sending him numerous text messages.The next morning, she texted Pampu to ask him not to tell Gahagan about their night together. When she admitted to Gahagan what she had done, she claimed not to remember most of the night, so Gahagan told her that if she couldn’t remember, it was rape. Even though Wingo clearly remembered the night in text messages to multiple people, she told investigators she didn’t, even deleting her text to Pampu. When Pampu showed the text to campus investigators, they ignored it.Wingo didn’t report the alleged sexual assault to Clemson until two weeks after she and Pampu had engaged in sexual activity. Even though all sides were precluded from retaliation, Clemson allowed Gahagan to call Pampu a “rapist” around campus. Pampu also reported other incidents of harassment and retaliation by Gahagan and Wingo, all of which were ignored.Given Clemson’s apparent bias even before the hearing, it was no surprise that Pampu was suspended. Months later, Gahagan admitted that it was all a lie. Gahagan also shared text messages between himself and a woman who knew Wingo’s father. Gahagan told the woman that Wingo had lied about being raped.In addition to suing his accusers, Pampu also sued Clemson University, with whom he reached an undisclosed settlement in 2019.