When Dodgers executive Gabe Kapler expressed remorse for his inadequate response in alleged assault case

Gabe Kapler, manager of the San Francisco Giants, once expressed regret for how he handled assault allegations while serving as the Dodgers' director of player development.

In 2019, Kapler stated that he should have consulted professional advice when dealing with a 17-year-old girl who approached him about an alleged assault that Los Angeles Dodgers minor leaguers allegedly witnessed.

Later, the adolescent accused one of the players of sexual misconduct; Kapler stated he was unaware of this in 2015, when the Dodgers organization decided not to notify authorities. Kapler was the Dodgers' farm director at the time.

As reported by ESPN, Kapler said:

"I don't think that I did enough, and we've talked about some of the ways that I could have been better in those situations," Kapler said.

"I have a lot of remorse for that. I wish I would have been more informed, I wish I would have gotten more informed, and I take responsibility for not taking those steps. ... My responsibility in the issue was my responsibility in the issue, and that was to ask more questions, it was to get more counsel. It was to not naively think that I was in a position where I could help in the specific ways that came up."

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Gabe Kapler said he was unaware of the sexual assault allegation

In his blog post, Kapler reiterated that when he attempted to set up a meeting between the players and the 17-year-old girl who claimed she was beaten and sexually assaulted in their presence, he was unaware of the February 2015 sexual assault allegation.

“There is a big difference between responding to a player who displayed an unacceptable lack of judgment and one that assaulted a woman,” Kapler wrote.

“I am well aware of that difference, and I assure you that I would have acted differently if at the time I was involved I had reason to believe that a sexual assault had occurred.”

After ending his career as a player, Kapler coached the Israeli baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and worked as the Dodgers' Director of Player Development from 2014 to 2017.

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