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Collier11
6/24/2010, 04:29 PM
How did the news miss this one?


Mets ace Johan Santana hit with rape accusation on Florida golf course last year: police report

By Christian Red, Andy Martino and Corky Siemaszko
Daily News Staff Writers

Originally Published:Wednesday, June 23rd 2010, 3:50 PM

The sterling family man reputation of Mets ace Johan Santana was badly dented Wednesday by accusations that he raped a woman on a Florida golf course.

"I am aware of the situation," a stone-faced Santana read from a statement shortly after the graphic police report surfaced.

"What I can tell you is police investigated those claims last year and I was not charged with anything, and the case is closed."

Sitting in front of his locker at Citi Field, Santana refused to answer followup questions.

The Mets organization chimed in with a tin-eared statement of its own, calling the incident "a personal matter."

In Fort Myers, Fla., a spokesman for the Lee County Sheriff's Department said detectives dropped the case in December because the prosecutor "elected not to go forward with it."

"It looks like a 'he said, she said' type of thing," the spokesman, Tony Schall, said. "There wasn't enough evidence to prove a lack of consent."

Little is known about the accuser, who is described in the report as a "friend/acquaintance" of the 31-year-old lefty.

The Venezuelan fireballer, who won two Cy Young Awards when he pitched for the Minnesota Twins, is married to childhood sweetheart, Yasmile. They have three children.

Until now, Santana was a prized commodity in Major League Baseball - a superstar untainted by scandal, known on the field for his changeup and off for his charity, the Johan Santana Foundation.

The alleged assault happened on the evening of Oct. 27 at a course located near a gated community in Fort Myers, according to the police report, first obtained by TMZ.com.

The woman claimed she and Santana were strolling together when the pitcher suddenly "began to kiss her and pull up her top, unclasping her bra."

Although she "told Johan no multiple times," Santana lifted her skirt and thrust his hands into her underpants, the report states.

The accuser claimed Santana then tore her skirt off and raped her while she "continuously told Johan, 'No.'"

The Mets hurler responded by bruising her right calf and "grabbed her hair" before he "ejaculated on her upper thigh," the report said.

Instead of immediately calling cops, the woman told detectives she "cleaned her thigh with her underwear."

She then wandered over to a tennis court "and continued to sit at the tennis courts as Johan played tennis with another person."

Detectives later retrieved the clothes the woman wore.

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