Felipe Vázquez, a star relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was arrested i...
- Felipe Vázquez, a star relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Tuesday on charges of soliciting an underage girl for sex and sending her an obscene video, authorities said.
In a video that Vázquez sent to the girl in July, he performed an unspecified sexual act, the statement said. “We take this matter, and these charges in particular, extremely seriously,” Pittsburgh Pirates President Frank Coonelly said in a statement. Vázquez was taken into custody without incident by FDLE agents with assistance from Pennsylvania State Police at his home in Pittsburgh. He is a resident of Saint Cloud, Florida.
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