Pirates’ Jung-Ho Kang Under Investigation by Authorities for Alleged Sexual Assault
Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung-Ho Kang is under investigation by the Chicago Police for sexual assault stemming from an incident that allegedly took place June 17 in his Chicago hotel room, reported the Chicago Tribune Tuesday afternoon.
According to their reports, a 23 year-old female claims she met Kang on dating site Bumble and visited him in his hotel room following a Pirates/Cubs afternoon game at Wrigley Field. She told police, according to the Trib that, Kang served her an alcoholic beverage after which she blacked out only to drift “in and out of consciousness as he sexually assaulted her.” The victim, who the Tribune did not name as is their policy for victims of alleged sex crimes, had a rape kit performed at a Chicago-area hospital and filed a report to police 10 days later.
Kang has not been charged with a crime.
Pirates President Frank Coonelly released this statement at 5:17 p.m. Tuesday:
“We have been made aware of the allegation that has been made against Jung Ho Kang. We take allegations of this type extremely seriously. Pursuant to the Joint MLB/MLBPA Policy on such matters, this matter is exclusively before the Commissioner’s Office at this time. We have and will continue to cooperate fully with the Commissioner’s Office. As a result of the ongoing police investigation, we cannot comment further at this time. We have also advised our staff and our players that they should not comment on the matter either. We all need to be respectful to the police investigation of a very serious allegation.”
Kang’s status with the Pirates remains unchanged at this time. He was not in the Pirates line-up for tonight’s game against St. Louis.
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