Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias, 27, faces FIVE misdemeanor charges over alleged physical confrontation with his wife when the couple attended an Inter Miami-LAFC game in September
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías has been charged with five misdemeanors over an alleged physical confrontation with his wife at a 2023 soccer game.
As reported by TMZ, the free agent southpaw is facing a count of spousal battery, two counts of domestic battery involving dating relationship, one count of false imprisonment and one count of assault.
The 27-year-old native of Mexico will be arraigned in early May.
The alleged incident took place at an MLS game between Lion Messi’s Inter Miami and LAFC. Previous reports claimed the woman Urias was with became upset at him posing for pictures with female fans at the Major League Soccer game.
TMZ said the alleged victim was left with strangulation marks on her neck. Urias was also accused of taking a swing at her.
According to a charge evaluation worksheet from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, Urías was arguing with his wife when he ‘pushed (her) against a fence and pulled her by the hair or shoulders.’
However, the document said, ‘Neither the Victim’s injuries nor the Defendant’s criminal history justify a felony filing.’
The DA’s office said in January it is turning the case over to the city attorney to consider filing a misdemeanor.
Urías became a free agent after the World Series. He spent the first eight years of his career with the Dodgers.
Urías was placed on administrative leave indefinitely by Major League Baseball after his arrest outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park in south Los Angeles where he attended a Major League Soccer game. Police were first alerted by a citizen who reported a man and woman were in a physical altercation. Urías was arrested by Department of Public Safety officers on felony suspicion of domestic violence.
The leave was imposed under baseball’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy with the players’ association and can be the first step toward a suspension. Players are paid but cannot play while on leave.
Even without a criminal conviction, MLB could suspend the 27-year-old left-hander if it concludes he violated the policy.
Urías was arrested in May 2019 on suspicion of domestic battery. He was suspended 20 games by MLB, but he wasn’t prosecuted by the Los Angeles city attorney on the condition he complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling program. No player has been suspended twice under MLB’s domestic violence policy.
