Bradford William Davis

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MLB did not adequately investigate abuse allegations against Mike Clevinger Bradford William Davis published an eye-opening report in his newsletter, eyeblack, on Friday evening. It's about Major League Baseball's investigation into domestic abuse allegations against pitcher Mike Clevinger. Based on this new reporting, the investigation appears to have been woefully inadequate. The league launched its investigation into Clevinger on January 24, 2023, after he was accused of physical, verbal, and emotional abuse by Olivia Finestead, Clevinger's former partner and the mother of his then-10-month-old daughter. Finestead claimed that Clevinger threw an iPad at her when she was pregnant, strangled her, threw chewing tobacco on their child, and flung constant verbal abuse at her as well. On March 5, 2023, MLB completed its investigation and announced that it would not be imposing any discipline against Clevinger, citing a lack of evidence. Per this new report, however, it turns out that the league's investigation was less-than-comprehensive:
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Some lowlights from the alleged call: "Your life is over, bitch." "I'm coming for [our child]" "You're a drug addicted fucking prostitute, I never hurt you." "The cops are coming for you as is Olivia."
I think it is a good outcome but I understand you don't see it the same way but [inaudible] So, if he's going to treatment board it how come my daughter still doesn't have health insurance? You know, how could the bare minimum stuff still is if he's gonna get all this help? How can he still continue to literally covertly abuse me and my kids and there be no punishment?
WEINBERG: So, it is your account of how that evidence came about versus his account of how it came about. And then that's where it gets into the credibility battle for lack of a better term between him and you. And that is where your text messages saying you want to kill him or tried manipulating him, or you're looking to use our process to drag him through the mud if he stays clean or sending text messages [inaudible] all that will be used to portray you and to go against your truthfulness in a way that will undercut every piece of evidence relied on your account. Okay, so someone who is as poor as I am has a kid all by themselves, doesn't have any of their stuff just got physically abused, emotionally abused, none of that falls under the category of a reaction against abuse? WEINBERG: It-I'm not saying whether it is or it's not but I'm saying that-- So my lesson here is that all the texts I've sent are the reason Mike's not getting suspended. WEINBERG: It is part of the reason.
She told the league that Scott saw the smashed up property from the aftermath of their fights in the Charleston, SC apartment they shared. And if MLB invited him to discuss what he knew about her relationship with Clevinger—as she urged investigators to do because she didn’t have a smoking gun video—he would have told MLB that he contacted the Angels in April of 2012 to demand the team protect his daughter from their young prospect. Scott told eyeblack that he wasn’t interviewed by MLB. In fact, he says the league never reached out. “When they contacted [my daughter], I thought maybe [MLB was] going to actually conduct a real investigation,” said Scott. “They obviously didn't.”
Okay, so I just want to be clear: that all the evidence of another domestic violence police report in another state with another girl, Monica's text saying word for word the physical abuse he did to her, my photo of bruises on my body, the chewspit in the room, another girl's video of, that's police protected, of bruises on her body that was reported to the police -- none of that is substantial evidence? MOIRA WEINBERG: We have received everything that you have told us about. We have explored and followed up on it and there is not evidence to substantiate discipline here. I'm not going to get into individual pieces of evidence about other people because that's about other people.
eyeblack eyeblack shared Manfred's comments with Clevinger's girlfriend from his days with the Angels. She was enraged. "So because [players] agreed upon it, [Manfred] thinks that's the right policy?" she asked. "I don't agree with his statement. Just because they all came to the same agreement doesn't make it a good policy." Rather than center on people who experience violence, she said the league prioritized "what's in their benefit for players that they hired to play." Clevinger's ex added that "They're looking out for themselves first and foremost." She told eyeblack that MLB sent her the same memo that Brar told Finestead about when MLB allegedly cut her off from phone calls. She said she never used any of its resources. "It's, like, 10 years too late."
When eyeblack asked how MLB was incorporating feedback from people who participated in league investigations, Manfred stressed that players were central to evaluating and developing the league's process. "Look, we pay a lot of attention to the reaction of the players who are subject to the policy," he said, citing both the MLB Players Association and "individual representatives" of players under investigation. Manfred also said the league works "really hard" to ensure its processes are open for people who come forward with allegations. "Obviously those victims —you know, for people who want to use that word -are a really important piece of the puzzle."
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woman says Mike Clevinger "chucked my keys at my head (thankfully they missed) and hit the wall instead. but like threw them hard enough they bent my keys."
An MLB player's other co-parent allegedly told a friend he: "ripped me out of the hotel bed in front of the [children] to try and fuck with me" "i would pretend to sleep so he wouldn't abuse me" "threw my phone at me...while I was in the bathtub"
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2019 tweet from former partner and mother of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mike Clevinger's kids. "Mike Clevinger straight... BLINDSIDED ME & OUR [children] especially when he threatened us and kicked us out of the home we JUST moved into together
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LOS ANGELES ANGELS, 2011 Clevinger’s girlfriend from his early days as an Angels prospect told Finestead he “chucked my keys at my head,” and that though he missed, the pitcher “threw them hard enough they bent my keys.” The woman confirmed her correspondence with eyeblack and said that in 2023, she told a league investigator about her allegedly abusive relationship with Clevinger.
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