Former Dodger pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest on Wednesday, May 1, to a misdemeanor domestic-battery charge stemming from September.
Urías, 27, was placed on three years of probation, ordered to complete 30 days of community labor and a 52-week domestic violence counseling course, not possess any weapons, not use any force or violence, and abide by a protective order, Ivor Pine of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office said.
Several other counts were dismissed.
The charges were filed April 8, just under three months after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to file a felony case against Urías and referred the matter to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for consideration of a misdemeanor case.
Urías, who became a free agent at the end of the 2023 season and remains unsigned, was arrested Sept. 3 by Exposition Park police following a much-publicized soccer match between the Los Angeles Football Club and Inter Miami at BMO Stadium. He was released the next morning on $50,000 bond.
According to the District Attorney’s Office, the alleged victim was Urías’ wife.
“They engaged in an argument whereby the defendant pushed the victim against a fence and pulled her by the hair or shoulders,” according to a DA’s Office document.
Urías was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball days after his arrest.
He began his Major League Baseball career with the Dodgers in 2016, and has a lifetime record of 60-25 with a 3.11 ERA.
He was suspended for 20 games in 2019 by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on suspicion of a confrontation in the parking lot of the Beverly Center on May 13 of that year. Urías was then arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery, but no charges were filed.
