THE woman accusing Trevor Bauer of sexual assault texted her cousin following an intimate encounter with the pitcher, writing he went “too far” by giving her "two black eyes."

"As long as it is consensual, I don't have to kill him," the woman’s cousin reportedly wrote back after receiving a picture of the alleged victim’s swollen eyes and face.

His accuser acknowledged that while she agreed to have sex with the 30-year-old Bauer, she wasn’t okay with the alleged attack she claims to have suffered.

"It was consensual, but I didn't like the two black eyes ?? Look, he (definitely) took it too far. don't you think lol," she wrote to her cousin, according to documents filed by Bauer’s lawyers and obtained by the L.A. Times.

The exchange took place after a night in May, the second encounter between them at his Pasadena home. 

“Mr. Bauer’s defense team is deliberately twisting the tone of text messages exchanged with an assault victim within hours of her being attacked to try to minimize the long-lasting impact on her physical and mental well-being to this day,” the accuser’s attorney Bryan Freedman, responded in court documents.

He later told the publication: “In case after case, the law is extraordinarily clear: supposed ‘consent’ of the victim is not a defense to assault and battery, especially when it results in bodily harm, but, to be clear, this victim did not consent to be punched in her face, punched in her head, punched in her buttocks or repeatedly punched in her vagina.”

Her attorneys have explained that they intend to call several witnesses, including Bauer himself to testify under oath.

Bauer hasn’t been arrested or booked with any crime. 

Pasadena police confirmed they opened an investigation into the woman’s allegations.

Answering the claims in a court filing on Tuesday, Bauer’s attorney Shawn Holley attempted to release more text messages to clarify the actual relationship with the pitcher and the 27-year-old San Diego woman. 

But Freedman countered that the effort was flimsy, writing “any suggestion that she was not the victim of assault is not only false and defamatory but, in fact, perpetuates the abuse.”

Previously, Bauer's agent Jon Fetterolf has contested the woman’s account.

"Mr. Bauer had a brief and wholly consensual sexual relationship initiated by [the accuser] beginning in April 2021.

"We have messages that show [the accuser] repeatedly asking for 'rough' sexual encounters involving requests to be 'choked out' and slapped in the face."

Major League Baseball sidelined Bauer by placing him on paid leave on July 2 under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.

The leave has since been extended through July 27 and possibly longer.

The World Series champs agreed to a $102 million, three-year contract to take the mound for his hometown team earlier this year.

But he’s already become a baseball pariah. 

The Dodgers have scrubbed Bauer from all merchandise and none of his teammates have publicly defended him, the L.A. Times reported. 

In fact, a "majority" of Bauer's teammates reportedly "do not want [him] back under any circumstances."

The woman claimed that Bauer "without asking me or telling me in advance, he wrapped my hair around my neck and choked me,” according to court papers. 

She claimed in a sworn statement that during the alleged assault Bauer also "began putting his fingers down my throat in an aggressive manner.”

“I remember this vividly as it was very startling and painful,” the woman added. 

When she came out of unconsciousness she remembered experiencing “a terrible pain behind both of my ears” and “tasted blood in my mouth,” the L.A. Times detailed.

Days later, the woman reported suffering a pair of black eyes, a swollen jaw and cheekbones, a split lip, and bruising near her vagina. 

Images of the alleged assault were included in the court filing which showcased her swollen face.

The woman went with a friend to get treated for her injuries at Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego, the publication reported. 

While there, the alleged victim underwent brain scans as well as scans of her face and neck and explained to hospital staff what happened to her, the L.A. Times reported. 

The hospital summary concluded the woman “appears to have suffered significant head and facial trauma."

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