Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías arrested, charged with felony domestic violence
Julio Urías, starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence Sunday, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.
Los Angeles Dodgers starter Julio Urías was arrested and charged with felony domestic violence charges late last night, an officer with the LAPD tells ESPN.
Urias, 27, was booked late Sunday and released early this morning on $50,000 bond.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 4, 2023
Los Angeles County jail records show that Urías was arrested around 11 p.m. PT and booked into jail at 1:05 a.m. He was released at 4:47 a.m. on $50,000 bond. No other details about the arrest are available, though we have a good idea where Urías was Sunday: at BMO Stadium watching LAFC take on Lionel Messi and Inter Miami.
The Dodgers released a short statement regarding Urías' arrest.
“We are aware of an incident involving Julio Urías. While we attempt to learn all the facts, he will not be traveling with the team. The organization has no further comment at this time.”
MLB has yet to comment, though the league will likely begin investigating Urías soon. During that process, players are typically placed on administrative leave, meaning they do not play or travel with their team but still receive their salary and accrue service time.
Urías, 27, has been with the Dodgers his entire career, and this is not the first time he has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. He was arrested in May 2019 in a parking lot in Los Angeles after witnesses told police that they saw him push a woman to the ground. Although security footage reportedly supported what the witnesses saw, the woman Urías was with told police that she fell. The L.A. city attorney declined to press charges, deciding instead to defer them as long as Urías attended a 52-week domestic violence counseling program and wasn't arrested for a violent crime in the subsequent year (the length of the statute of limitations).
While charges weren't pressed in 2019, that's not the same as an expungement. Urías' arrest for domestic violence still exists in the public record, as does the police report.
Commissioner Rob Manfred suspended Urías 20 games in 2019 as discipline for violating the MLB/MLBPA joint policy on domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. If MLB sees fit to suspend Urías for this incident, it's possible it could be for more than 20 games since this would be his second documented violation.
Urías is scheduled to appear in court at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 27.
