- Warning: This news story includes graphic allegations of domestic violence.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger is reportedly under investigation by Major League Baseball after domestic violence and child abuse allegations were levelled against him, according to The Athletic.
Olivia Finestead who has a 10-month-old daughter with Clevinger accused the Sox pitcher of allegedly committing multiple offences of physical, verbal, and emotional abuse.
The official report is described as “developing” and contains details of two incidents from last June where Clevinger reportedly choked Finestead, then slapped her and threw used chewing tobacco on their child two weeks later.
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Finestead recounts that the second incident happened in a hotel room when the San Diego Padres (whom Clevinger was a player for then) were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Olivia shared the Athletic’s report to her Instagram Story after uploading multiple slides, which show photos of her alleged injuries and more details of the alleged abuse. She wrote that she filed a police report against Clevinger.
Finstead wrote, “You really deserve hell. I’ve kept quiet for almost a year and you continue to covertly abuse your infant, withold ALL of her belongings, we have none of our stuff, still not even her birth certificate or her car seat attachment. He’s made sure to do everything he can to keep control.”
In one of the allegations from her Instagram story, Finestead said Clevinger threw an iPad at her while she was pregnant. She stated that Clevinger has children with someone else and posted screenshots of the conversation between mothers, claiming that they were both victims of his alleged abusive tendencies.
Finestead posted a message from someone who said they knew Clevinger but alleges that they cut ties with the Sox pitcher because he was “such a psychopath.”
Olivia added that Clevinger was left “alone homeless” 13 weeks after giving birth to their daughter. “I really hope you feel an immense amount of guilt for what you’ve done to ALL of your kids and their mothers including myself.” she wrote.
Major League Baseball Investigates Mike Clevinger
Sources aware of the MLB’s investigation process confirmed to the Athletic and ESPN that an investigation has been opened for Clevinger.
Clevinger was reportedly contacted by the investigators last summer when he was still a member of the San Diego Padres.
Mike accepted a one-year, $12 million free-agent contract with the White Sox in November and officially signed in December. The Athletic’s source and Finestead were told that the team did not know of the allegations until Clevinger signed with them.
The Investigation is reported to be conducted under the MLB’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse policy shared by the MLB and MLBPA.
Chicago White Sox released a statement, “Major League Baseball and the Chicago White Sox take any and all allegations very seriously,” the team said, “The White Sox will refrain from comment until MLB’s investigative process has reached its conclusion.”
Some fans are already calling for Clevinger to be released from the team.
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