GREENSBURG, Pa. — The sexual assault trial for suspended Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez is set to begin Monday morning in Westmoreland County after the jury was picked.
Our partners at TribLive.com report the 12 jurors and two alternates were seated Friday.
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Vazquez, 29, has been in jail since he was arrested in September 2019. He was charged with statutory sexual assault, 10 counts of child pornography and a number of other criminal charges after he was accused of meeting a then-13-year-old girl for sex in 2017.
Vazquez has maintained his innocence, and his defense attorney said in March he believed evidence will show his client believed the girl was almost an adult when they had sex.
He also faces charges in Florida and Missouri after police said he had a sexual relationship with the girl related to those states.
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