Former MLB All-Star Felipe Vazquez Deported to Venezuela Following Child Sex Abuse Conviction

Vazquez, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was convicted on multiple counts including sexual abuse of children and statutory sexual assault.

Former Major League Baseball all-star player, Felipe Vazquez, has been deported to Venezuela after being convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.
Vazquez played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2016 to 2019 and was arrested in 2019 over the sexual relationship he had with a 13-year-old girl.
He was convicted by a jury of 10 counts of sexual abuse of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one count of statutory sexual assault, one count of indecent assault of someone under 16, and one count of corruption of a minor.
Vazquez testified in his trial that he did not know the girl was a minor and claimed that he believed she was an adult woman that he wanted to have a relationship with.
Immigration ordered that Vazquez should be removed from the U.S., and he waived his right of appeal. On December 1, he was deported to Venezuela.