Santangelo, the color commentator for the Washington Nationals, was removed from the broadcast booth during their game against the New York Yankees after accusations of sexual misconduct came about in a report from The Athletic. Santangelo allegedly made unwanted advances and sexually assaulted a woman several years ago, despite her telling him to stop, according to the report. METS' DEGROM EXITS EARLY IN RETURN FROM RIGHT LAT ISSUEA spokesperson for the Nationals released a statement after the report came out. We alerted MASN and revoked our approval of him as a member of our broadcast team," the statement read. "MASN refers allegations concerning broadcasters who are former Major League Baseball players directly to Major League Baseball’s Department of Investigations, as is appropriate under the circumstances," the MASN statement read.

Source: Fox News May 09, 2021 19:52 UTC