MLB superstar Yasiel Puig admits he DID have a sexual encounter with the woman accusing him of sexual battery -- but insists the whole thing was consensual.
We broke the story ... Puig was sued in 2020 by a woman using the pseudonym "Jane Doe" -- who claims Yasiel followed her into a bathroom at Staples Center during Lakers game on Oct. 31, 2018 and sexually assaulted her.
The woman later claimed she did NOT know Puig before the alleged incident.
Now, Puig is firing back ... claiming it was the woman who initiated the sexual encounter.