One of Trevor Bauer's accusers charged with fraud against him after allegedly faking pregnancy, abortion

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One of Trevor Bauer's accusers was charged with felony fraud theft by extortion in Arizona last month after "knowingly [obtaining] a benefit from" the pitcher and another man.

Darcy Adanna Esemonu allegedly told Bauer she was impregnated by him and asked him for money for an abortion but was never pregnant.

Esemonu was charged in Maricopa County March 19, but the indictment was not made public until Monday. It states that she "did obtain a benefit" from Bauer and another man "by means of fraudulent pretenses, representation, promises, or material omissions."

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Trevor Bauer of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up before a game against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium April 13, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Harry How/Getty Images)

The indictment also says Esemonu "knowingly did obtain or sought property or services" from the other man by "means of threat to in the future expose a secret or an asserted fact in a social media message or in any other manner, whether true or false, tending to subject [him] to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair [his] credit, or business unless the threat is based on a plausible claim of right to the property or services obtained or sought to be obtained."

Esemonu is facing 16 years in prison.

Esemonu "demanded $3.6 million and claimed I forced her to have an abortion," Bauer said in a video posted on X.

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"But here's the thing. She never had an abortion because she was never even pregnant," Bauer said.

"When I refused to pay her the [money], she made up a bogus sexual assault claim and filed a civil