The former MLB player Felipe Vazquez is sentenced to prison for sexual assault. Does he have a wife?
Felipe Vazquez is a professional baseball pitcher from Venezuelan who has played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, and Tampa Bay Rays of the Major League Baseball (MLB). Vazquez was an All-Star in both 2018 and 2019.
He is a convicted sex offender, placed on the restricted list by Major League Baseball and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Vazquez got arrested on September 17, 2019, on multiple charges of child pornography, sexual relationship with a 13-year-old female, and providing obscene materials to minors.
Does Felipe Vazquez Have A Wife?
Felipe Vazquez does not have a wife as he is not yet married. Vazquez rarely talked about the details of his dating life and relationship with the media.
Talking about his family, Felipe Vazquez has a sister, Prescilla Vazquez. She is a sports agent who mainly deals with football and baseball athletes. Prescilla started working as a realtor after moving to the USA.
Felipe did change his name from Rivero to Vazquez. He changed his last name in 2018 to match the surname of his sister as she had been a massive part of his career, reports USA Today.
Felipe Vazquez’s Wiki And Career Earnings Revealed
Felipe Vazquez is on Wikipedia. However, one can also read about Felipe Vazquez’s career and bio on a couple of Wiki-bio pages.
Felipe Vazquez’s estimated career earning is around $10,002,130, reports Spotrac. Vazquez signed a $22.5 million four-year contract deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates before the 2018 season. Felipe’s net worth details are currently private.
Who Is Felipe Vazquez’s Accuser?
Felipe Vazquez’s accuser is a 13-year-old girl who is originally from Lee County, Florida.
Vazquez got arrested in September 2019 and confessed to the Pennsylvania police that he had sex with the girl in 2017, but not really, reports The New York Post.
Felipe Vazquez, a former relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been sentenced to at least two years behind bars for statutory sexual assault and child pornography, among other charges. https://t.co/d8CZXIuWOD
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) August 17, 2021
The accuser testified that they had sex outside her house in his car just hours before a Pirates game. The girl and Felipe started talking on social media and struck up a relationship.
After his arrest in 2019, Vazquez has not been eligible to play as he was put on MLB’s restricted list.
Felipe Vazquez’s Sentence Details Revealed
Felipe Vazquez was reportedly sentenced to four years in jail on August 17, 2021.
Felipe was convicted on 15 counts, and the charges include corruption of minors, statutory sexual assault, child pornography, and sexual abuse of children.
He will be eligible for parole in the next month. Vazquez’s sentence includes two more years of probation.
Former Pirates pitcher Felipe Vázquez has been sentenced to two to four years in prison after being convicted in May on multiple charges related to the child sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl https://t.co/sHHlHWZgjY
— SI MLB (@si_mlb) August 17, 2021
Felipe’s defense team argued that the girl deceived him about her age. The Westmoreland County jury believed that Felipe used his position to have sexual relations with a minor.
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