September 5th 2023.
On September 3rd, Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Julio Urias of the Los Angeles Dodgers was arrested and charged with a domestic violence felony. The incident occurred after an MLS game at the BMO Stadium in South Los Angeles, and Urias was released on $50,000 bail before 5 a.m. on Monday.
The Dodgers released a statement upon hearing of the arrest, saying “We are aware of an incident involving Julio Urías. While we attempt to learn all the facts, he will not be traveling with the team. The organization has no further comment at this time.”
This isn’t the first time Urias has had a run-in with the law. In 2016, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested him on suspicion of “intimate partner battery” after an altercation with his wife in a shopping center parking lot. His wife later stated that she fell on her own, and the prosecutor agreed not to file misdemeanor charges as long as Urias was not arrested for violent criminal behavior that year. The team suspended Urias for 20 games, though no charges were brought against him.
If Urias is suspended again under the same infraction, he will be the first and only player to be suspended twice under MLB’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Child Abuse Policy, which was implemented in 2015. Urias is scheduled to appear in court on September 27th.
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