A Dominican court sentenced former Major League Baseball outfielder Raúl Mondesi to six years and nine months in Jail and fined $507,000 for corruption during his time as mayor of the city of San Cristobal.
Prosecutors accused Mondesi of embezzling $5 million when he was mayor between 2010 and 2016. The sentence was passed after a deal with the prosecutors’ office.
Mondesi, whose son Adalberto Mondesi was a big league shortstop, spent six years under house arrest, meaning his sentence has already been completed.
While he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Raúl Mondesi won the NL Rookie of the Year award in 1994 and competed in the All-Star Game one year later. He was in the MLB for 13 seasons and won two Gold Gloves.
Mondesi’s MLB career also includes a session with the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves. He concluded his career with an average of .273, 217 home runs and 860 RBIs.
After he left Major League Baseball, Mondesi began his political career in San Cristobal, where he was a lawmaker between 2006 and 2010. Following his service as mayor, he bid for the senate but lost.
Dominican prosecutors levelled several charges against Raúl, such as falsification of documents, criminal association, and malfeasance.
