Sexual Abuse by Trainer in DR

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Report: Three Players Accuse Dominican Trainer Of Sexual Abuse

Enrique Soto, who was the trainer for Tejada and the Aybar's, has been accused of sexual abuse of some of his teenage players. One of the accusers has been murdered.

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It seems the sexual abuse allegations first surfaced in February.

I knew I remembered controversy with Willy Aybar's trainer (Soto):

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Last May (2001 article), when the Dodgers released the first half of Aybar's bonus -- $490,000, after taxes -- Soto deposited the check in a Dominican bank account under his

own name, according to Aybar and his family. Aybar's mother, Francia, said Soto gave her a lump-sum payment of 100,000 pesos, about $6,250, and a monthly

stipend of less than $2,000. He paid the Philadelphia-based agent who negotiated Aybar's contract $35,000. He allegedly kept the rest, about $430,000, for himself.