A new development was revealed Thursday night in the Portland Timbers‘ handling of the domestic violence case involving former player Andy Polo.
Michael Fuller, the attorney for Polo’s estranged wife, Genessis Alarcon, released an audio recording Thursday night that he claims has a Timbers representative attempting to convince Alarcon not to press charges against Polo.
According to a report from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, on May 23, 2021, Polo was “issued a citation in lieu of arrest for harassment after grabbing onto [Alarcon’s] wrist.” The citation is classified as a B misdemeanor.
In an exclusive interview with ESPN, Alarcon said that around two weeks later, Jim McCausland, the Timbers’ head of security, and an unidentified female representative from the Timbers visited Alarcon at the home she shared with Polo to discuss the case. In the recording, which Fuller…