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Mariano Rivera, who spent his entire career in the MLB with the New York Yankees, was added as a defendant in a trial. Rivera’s wife Clara Rivera was also listed as a defendant in a modified sexual abuse action deposited by an unnamed girl and her mother.
USA TODAY SPORTS obtained a copy of the new complaint after being filed in the Westchester County Court on April 25.
The initial trial, tabled in January, alleged that the girl had been the victim of an older individual during events related to the church that Riveras co -founded.
The church is located in the county of Westchester, New York, and Clara was listed as the main pastor.
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The temple of renowned Baseball Mariano Rivera pronounces remarks during the ribbon cup for the mentoring program of the Mariano Foundation Rivera at the Ignite Life Center in Gainesville Florida 2 2021. (Brad McClenny / The Gainesville Sun via Imagn Content Services, LLC)
The Riveras were not appointed defendant in the initial file. Instead, the church, the refuge of hope and Brook View Rye, LLC were listed as defendants. The limited liability company lists the address of the old house in Riveras, which they sold in 2022.
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In the previous file, the Riveras were accused of having taken inadequate measures to protect the listed girl like Jane Doe in the complaint. The complaint alleys that an assault occurred in “about summer 2018” in a New York house, the Riveras held at the time.
According to the trial, the alleged abuses occurred at a barbecue to which the children who attended the church were invited. However, the parents of the participating children did not receive invitations, according to the trial.
The former New York Yankees launcher and the renowned temple Mariano will rive with his wife Clara Rivera at the Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY, August 17, 2019. (Wendell Cruz / USA TODAY SPORTS)
The details of the modified combination were in accordance with the initial deposit. In the two deposits, the Riveras would have ignored the allegations of sexual violence of the girl and “isolated and intimidated” in order to ensure that she remained silent on the alleged incident.
“Rather than taking enough measures to put an end to the sexual abuse of Jane A Doe, the riveras each wasolated and intimidated Jane a doe to remain silent as to its abuse to avoid causing trouble for refugee and the Ignite Life summer course,” said the trial.
“In order to avoid the potential scandal of sexual abuse on children in its programs and otherwise protect defendants, riveras, in their capacities as agents and / or employees of defendants, assured the mother a doe that Jane a doe was safe and without danger to ignite life center, despite real or constructive knowledge that Jane has left the acts of sexual life vulstants. “
Former Yankee Mariano Rivera from New York, a national enthronement of the 2019 baseball temple, recognizes the crowd while he stands next to his renowned temple plate during a ceremony in his honor at the Yankee Stadium on August 17, 2019 in New York. (Images Jim Mcisaac / Getty)
Joseph A. Ruta, a lawyer representing the Riveras, said that the allegations against his customers were “completely false”.
The applicant requests a trial with jury and compensatory and punitive damages.
Rivera, 55, is a quintuple champion of World Series and an All-Star of the MLB 13 times. He was inducted into the national baseball renowned temple in 2019.
