In a report from ESPN’s U.S. Soccer Correspondent Jeff Carlisle, Genessis Alarcon has stated that the Portland Timbers sent two representatives to dissuade her from pressing charges against Polo. This report comes two weeks after an alleged domestic violence incident involving former Timber Andy Polo was first reported by Diario AS.
According to Alarcon, Timbers’ head of security Jim McCausland and an unnamed female attorney visited her home around June 6, 2021, and “assured her that they would make sure that she and her two children would be housed and fed, but that it was understood that this would be done in exchange for her not pursuing a criminal case against Polo.