Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Craig Monroe has been accused of abusing a 12-year-old woman many years earlier and later ‘prostituting’ her to his mates after she turned 18.
The accuser, who stays nameless, made the accusations to police, on social media, and with Detroit’s Fox affiliate.
Now a Tigers analyst, Monroe has been faraway from the staff’s broadcasts, in line with an announcement by Bally Sports activities Detroit.
‘Bally Sports activities Detroit and the Tigers are conscious of the social media allegations and take them significantly,’ the assertion started. ‘As beforehand acknowledged, Mr. Monroe has not been on the printed schedule and that may proceed on an indefinite foundation. We may have no additional remark and any questions needs to be directed to Mr. Monroe.’
The alleged abuse passed off when Monroe was in his early 20s. The sufferer’s household was reportedly his host household throughout his minor league days in Charlotte County, Florida within the early 2000s, in line with Detroit’s Fox 2.
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Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Craig Monroe has been accused of abusing a 12-year-old woman
Nevertheless, Monroe’s web page on MiLB.com’s web site lists him as a member of the Single-A Charlotte Rangers of the Florida State League in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Monroe allegedly started sneaking into her room the fondle the girl and in the end had intercourse along with her when she was 15. Later, after she turned 18, the 2 have been in an ongoing consensual sexual relationship, however as she instructed Detroit’s Fox 2, Monroe would ‘prostitute’ her to his mates.
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Workplace has opened an investigation, urging anybody with info to return ahead.
Monroe has been a Tigers broadcaster since 2012.
His accuser instructed Fox 2 that she delayed making her allegations publicly because of concern for her household.
Monroe didn’t reply to Fox 2’s requests for remark.
Born in Texarkana, Texas, Monroe was taken by the Rangers within the eighth spherical of the 1995 MLB Draft.
Though he would make his debut with Texas in 2001, he would in the end be claimed off waivers by the Tigers, for whom he spent the majority of his eight-year profession.
Monroe was a member of the 2006 Detroit Tigers, who fell to the St. Louis Cardinals within the World Collection. After hitting 28 dwelling runs through the common season, Monroe bashed six extra throughout Detroit’s postseason run.
He later known as it quits after a quick stint with the 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates.