Baseball star Felipe Vazquez faces 21 new child sex-related charges
Pittsburgh Pirates
pitcher, Felipe Vazquez, 28, is now facing 21 new counts in Westmoreland County
after being arrested for sexual assault.
In his second
preliminary hearing on Tuesday, November 19, the Venezuelan professional
baseball pitcher was charged with 11 counts of child pornography, along with 10
counts of unlawful contact with a minor.
According to a
police affidavit, police found an iPhone XS and a MacBook Pro at Vazquez's
Pittsburgh apartment. On those devices, detectives said they saw seven photos
and three videos of an underage girl in "various stages of nudity."
Vazquez was
arrested in September in Allegheny County on charges out of Florida before
charges from Westmoreland County were also announced.
He admitted to exchanging
sexually explicit pictures with the 13-year-old victim and driving to her home
in Scottdale, where he attempted to have sex with her in his car about two
years ago, officials said. The girl is now 15 years old and lives in Florida.
According to an
affidavit from Westmoreland County, Vazquez admitted to investigators the
victim "looked too young and that she appeared to be 16 years of age or
younger." Police said Vazquez told them he initially refused to
communicate with her due to her age.

 
 
 
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