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Yasiel Puig accused of sexual assault at Lakers game

Free agent outfielder Yasiel Puig is facing accusa♈tion✨s of sexual assault and is being sued by an unnamed woman for his actions at a Lakers game in 2018, .

According to court records obtained by the gossip site, the woman claims Puig assaulte🌊d her at Staples Center on Oct. 31, 2018 after forcing her iღnto a bathroom and trying to remove her clothes. He touched her private parts, eventually pinned her with one of his arms and used the other to stroke his own genitals while exposed.

It is uncertain if the woman took her case to the police following the alleged incident. On the date in question, there are photos of Puig, who was on the Dodgers at that time, sitting courtside at a Lakers-Mavericks game. Puig is being sued for sexual battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and f🃏alse imprisonment.

Puig, 29, didn’t play for anyone this past season. He was going to sign with the Braves before testing positive for COVID-19.