Report: Video shows Giles beating girlfriend
Woman suing, saying Padres outfielder caused her to have miscarriage
A videotape released this week shows San Diego Padres outfielder Brian Giles allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend in an Arizona bar, NBC San Diego (www.nbcsandiego.com) reported.
Giles isn't commenting on a civil lawsuit claiming he beat his ex-girlfriend Cheri Olvera, 32, while she was pregnant with his child and caused her to have a miscarriage.
The surveillance video was shot in an Arizona bar in August 2006 and was released Tuesday by Olvera's attorney in the case. According to NBC San Diego, Phoenix police report say a man seen in the tape walking toward the bar is Giles. The man is seen talking to a woman who is sitting down at the bar. At one point, it appears he pulls the woman's hair. Moments later, the two are seen walking out into the hallway.
A few seconds pass, then the woman can be seen falling to the ground.
Several witnesses told police that they watched Giles slap the woman in the head, knocking her to the ground, the TV station reported. In the surveillance video, one of the witnesses can be seen mimicking a slap to another bar patron.
Olvera claims Giles beat her while she was pregnant with his baby in 2002. Olvera later miscarried. Goldstein said Olvera doesn't blame Giles for that miscarriage, but he said she does blame Giles for another miscarriage. He said that earlier this year, she became pregnant again with Giles' baby. According to Goldstein, Olvera lost the baby after Giles allegedly threw her down a hallway.
"It was all swept under the rug, and we're making sure it's not being swept under the rug this time," said Cary Goldstein, who is representing Olvera in the $10 million civil lawsuit against Giles.
The alleged abuse includes numerous beatings during their seven-year long relationship. Olvera alleges Giles began abusing her in 2002. The lawsuit accuses him of hitting and slapping her in the face, shaking and kicking her, and battering her twice when she was pregnant.
Giles' agent, Joe Bick, told the Union-Tribune he would not comment.
Padres spokesman Warren Miller said the team was aware of the lawsuit and declined further comment.
Olvera left Giles in April of this year.
The suit also details a financial agreement Olvera claims she and Giles had in the event their relationship ended. She claims he broke that agreement by not supporting her financially.
As for the case in Phoenix, Goldstein said Giles was ordered to attend anger-management and domestic-abuse classes
NBC tried to contact Giles' attorney for a comment, but the calls were not returned.
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