Bleacher Report · Jun 20, 2021
Former Reporter Kat O'Brien Says She Was Raped By Ex-MLB Player in 2002
Former MLB reporter Kat O'Brien wrote in the New York Times that she was raped in 2002 by a Major League Baseball player.
O'Brien did not name the player, writing that "it would only open me up to the possibility of having dirt thrown on my reputation; even all these years later and in the wake of the #MeToo movement, a former professional athlete wields considerable power. I hope I can help bring about systemic change rather than seek unlikely-to-come justice for one horrible act."
She wrote she was a 22-year-old reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and was working on a story about foreign-born players and how they adjust to life in the United States.