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Ex-Pirates P Felipe Vazquez Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old

Felipe Vazquez, who pitched for the Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates from 2015-2019, has been sentenced to two to four years in state prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Per WPXI, in May, Vazquez was found guilty on "10 counts of sexual abuse of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor and one count each of statutory sexual assault, indecent sexual assault and corruption of a minor."

The 30-year-old Vazquez was also found not guilty on 10 charges of unlawful contact or communication with a minor, per Amy Hudak of WPXI.