Starlin Castro (Photo Credit: Getty Images, By: Jonathan Daniel)
UPDATED 01/06/12 9:29 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) — WBBM Newsradio has learned that Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman after a night of drinking last fall.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports exclusively, the alleged victim is a Chicago woman in her 20s. No criminal charges have been filed, but Castro is reportedly wanted for questioning by Chicago Police.
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She claims that she was drinking with friends at a River North nightclub on the night of Sept. 29 when she met Castro.
Sources say she and a friend left the bar at 3 a.m. and went to the 21-year-old Castro’s apartment on State Street nearby.
According to the police report, the alleged victim said she blacked out.
She told police she came to, and found the alleged offender – Castro, according to our sources – sexually assaulting her.
The heavily redacted police report offers little information.
It says that when she woke up she screamed and yelled at her alleged attacker, and left the apartment at about 5:30 a.m. getting a ride home from her friend.
It would be 12 hours before the alleged victim would go to a hospital, and police would become involved.
By then, it is believed that Castro was on a plane, heading home to the Dominican Republic for the off-season.
WBBM Newsradio’s sources do not believe Castro has been interviewed in person by police, having been out of the country since the day of the alleged rape.
Castro’s attorneys, Jay K. Reisinger and Michael P. Gillespie, issued the following statement on behalf of their client:
We are aware of certain allegations that have been made against our client, Starlin Castro. We have thoroughly investigated this matter, and we are confident that these allegations are baseless. Given the sensitive nature of this matter, we cannot comment any further.
Castro’s agent, Paul Kinzer, asked whether he’s discussed the allegations with his client, said, “Yeah, we have no comment on that.”
A detective assigned to the case said, “I can’t talk about that.”
The Cubs released the following statement in response to the allegations:
“We are aware that a police report was filed regarding an incident involving Starlin, but we have received limited information. While this is something we take very seriously, there is not enough information to make any further comment or take action at this time. We are hopeful when the facts are brought to light, Starlin will be cleared of any wrongdoing.”
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Stuff like this will cause you to daydream in the infield. He takes a swing at an inside _itch and ends up with a foul ball.
And of course, every thing will be negotiated.
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January 6, 2012 at 8:36 am
They’ll pay off the victim. And forever we will think “rapist” when we see Starlin Castro.
January 7, 2012 at 10:18 am
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Starlin has been in country since alleged incident. He met with Hoyer and Epstein on weekend of Nov 19th and 20th. Please get story correct.
January 6, 2012 at 8:41 am
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so I am hearing on the radio that the woman was 20 and drunk off her rocker – now the story is saying she is in her 20′s – so which is it – is she an illegal lush looking for fun or a legal lush looking for fun…
never ever drink so much that the first thing you do is pass out – the actions of this woman is a travesty to responsible women everywhere
January 6, 2012 at 9:08 am
What the he11 is the matter with you?
January 6, 2012 at 2:04 pm
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/8946373-573/carlos-zambrano-hit-in-face-by-line-drive.html
Indicates Castro was in Chicago in mid-November, 2011.
January 6, 2012 at 9:37 am
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Her father must be so proud, maybeeee you should think twice before drinking untill blacking out. I would also argue if you were that drunk, the details might be a little hazy. The lawyers will have a field day with that info. Someones looking for some ball player money.
January 6, 2012 at 11:24 am
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Women that go to the bar, get drunk, and go home with men at 3:00 AM, are going home with the guy to have sex. Am I missing something here? This happens millions of times a year, in every bar in the country. What she says after the fact is irrelevant. Obviously she is setting the stage for a big cash payout. Women who falsley accuse a man of rape, should get the same punishment that the guy would have gotton if he had actually raped her!!!
January 6, 2012 at 12:24 pm
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LOL at everyone who justifies raping somebody cause girl was drunk. Anything to protect a cub
January 6, 2012 at 1:01 pm
You obviously have missed the point. Nobody justifies rape. We just don’t believe she was raped. The only reason a woman goes home with a guy at the end of the evening, is to have sex.
January 6, 2012 at 1:57 pm
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a lot of you are on castro’s side, blaming the victim. no means no. stop blaming the victim.
January 6, 2012 at 2:06 pm
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I’ll take “therapists” for 100 Trebek.
January 6, 2012 at 3:08 pm
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“No, Sean, I don’t want to see your answer. . . ”
There were poor decisions made by both parties. Castro needs to get some better roll models quick.
January 6, 2012 at 4:52 pm
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The Curse continues:
http://bofadeez.blogspot.com/2011/03/curse-of-billy-goat.html
Amazing
January 7, 2012 at 9:05 am
What she think was going to happen at 3:00 AM in the morning and drunk going to his place!! Im not say it was right for him to take advantage of her if she was incoherant, but come on!!!
January 7, 2012 at 10:09 am
I have no idea if Castro did anything wrong. If I’m a young, single Dominican star with a lotta money in his pocket and the long season just ended, I might want to go out and party late and bring someone home before I fly back to my homeland. Anybody see anything wrong with that on the surface? We just don’t know what actually happened.
January 7, 2012 at 10:44 am
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“Castro!” Who says you can’t judge a book by its cover?
January 8, 2012 at 11:19 am
Seriously, is this guy black. Because if he is, raping a white girl at 3:00 am explains it all.
January 9, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Lastly, Gary Sheffield has openly expressed his disagreement with signing players from other countries stating that there aren’t enough black people. “I called it years ago. What I called is that you’re going to see more black faces, but there ain’t no English going to be coming out. … [It's about] being able to tell [Latin players] what to do — being able to control them.” — Gary Sheffield, 2007.
He continues by saying; “Where I’m from, you can’t control us. You might get a guy to do it that way for a while because he wants to benefit, but in the end, he is going to go back to being who he is. And that’s a person that you’re going to talk to with respect, you’re going to talk to like a man.
“These are the things my race demands. So, if you’re equally good as this Latin player, guess who’s going to get sent home? I know a lot of players that are home now can outplay a lot of these guys.”
I think that may be a contributing factor in signing “black faces” over US-born athletes. Sad, right?
AP for ESPN (June 3, 2007). Retreived from http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2891875.
January 6, 2012 at 9:45 am
Way to go most interesting man! Please bring your racist nature into the argument. You are all class. And, if you think “foreigners” come cheap, you should ask Albert Pujols. MLB is looking for the best talent in the world and they are finding it. In 1947, you probably would have said the same thing about Jackie Robinson.
January 6, 2012 at 10:12 am
And you are a typical nonsensical racist.
January 7, 2012 at 10:45 pm