![]() ![]() Timing isn't ideal, but it doesn't matter." "The important thing here is that justice and fairness is ultimately found. "All parties have an obligation to get to a just and fair resolution. MLB and the Cubs both issued statements Friday saying they take allegations of domestic violence seriously.Įpstein said he was aware that the investigation was ongoing and that he has been in touch with MLB's investigative unit. "It would have sent the wrong message to have Addison wearing a Chicago Cubs uniform this morning, so we fully support him being placed on administrative leave." ![]() We think this step is appropriate in light of the post. He was not placed on administrative leave last year. "Last year, this was a third-party accusation on social media, and now this is a direct accusation from the potential victim," Epstein said Friday. MLB never formally announced an update on the investigation. Russell denied the accusation at the time, and Reidy-Russell declined to cooperate with baseball investigators. MLB opened its probe in June 2017 after Reidy-Russell accused Russell of cheating in an Instagram post and a friend commented with an allegation of abuse by the Cubs shortstop. "From our perspective, it seemed like it was done, but apparently it's not." "I have not yet spoken to Addy about it," Maddon said Friday. Manager Joe Maddon said he was surprised by the new accusations. "He reaffirmed his stance that he did not do what he is accused of having done." "The place it's at right now, it's in the league's court to do the investigation."Ĭubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said he again asked Russell on Friday if the allegations were true. "Obviously, we take it very, very seriously," Cubs owner Tom Ricketts added. "Basically, I felt like I was nothing, a nobody & I was nothing without him, & I couldn't do anything without him."Ĭhicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told The Associated Press that the department has not launched a criminal investigation, "at this point," but detectives will look at the allegations "further and have already reached out to the Cubs." "Being blamed for just about anything that went wrong, name calling, intimidating me with personal force, manipulating me to think I was the problem, destroying my personal things, threatening me to 'send' me & our son home to my parents as if I was privileged to be living in our home," she wrote. Reidy-Russell wrote that emotional and verbal abuse became an "everyday thing" in their relationship. I was deeply hurt that he could even be capable of this behavior towards me, I couldn't understand how the man I was so in love with, the FATHER of my child, the man I married just a few months ago could show such aggression towards me." I just thought he had let his emotions get the best of him, he loves me and he's sorry. Why did he get so angry? What did I do for him to want to put his hands on me? Of course I forgave him & assumed it would never happen again. "I couldn't wrap my head around what just happened. "The first time I was physically mistreated by my spouse, I was in shock," Reidy-Russell wrote. Previous allegations by a friend of Reidy-Russell triggered an MLB investigation into Russell last year that remains open. The protection of my children is foremost in my mind so I will have no further comment." I'm confident any full and fair investigation will fully exonerate me. ![]() "I made that clear to Major League Baseball last year and reiterated it to the Cubs today. "These allegations are completely false," Russell wrote. Russell responded in a statement through the Major League Baseball Players Association. "We are hopeful that this new information will allow us to complete the investigation as promptly as possible." Russell has been placed on Administrative Leave in accordance with the Joint MLB-MLBPA Domestic Violence Policy," MLB said in a statement Friday. Melisa Reidy-Russell wrote that she suffered physical and emotional abuse throughout their two-year marriage and that the mistreatment severely affected her. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĮx-wife of Cubs' Addison Russell details abuse allegationsĪddison Russell was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball on Friday after his ex-wife opened up about abuse allegations against the Chicago Cubs shortstop in a blog post this week. ![]()
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