The authorized troubles of former main leaguer Raúl Mondesi are seemingly behind him after a Dominican courtroom dominated {that a} six-year, nine-month jail time period stemming from corruption expenses had been glad by his home arrest, in accordance with the Los Angeles Instances.
Mondesi had been caught up in corruption expenses from his time as mayor of town of San Cristobal within the Dominican Republic which he was convicted of in 2017.
Mondesi had been positioned on home arrest whereas he appealed the case, which was solely accomplished on Friday.
As a part of the 2017 conviction, Mondesi was fined $1.3 million for defrauding over $6 million and couldn’t maintain public workplace for 10 years.
Friday’s determination got here after Mondesi got here to an settlement with the prosecutor’s workplace.
Prosecutors had tried to have him despatched to jail for the rest of his sentence in 2020 after they alleged he violated the phrases of his home arrest, however nothing got here of the petition, and in 2023, the Courtroom of Appeals of San Cristóbal ordered a brand new trial.
Mondesi performed baseball within the main leagues for 13 years and following the tip of his taking part in profession started a profession in politics.
He spent elements of two seasons within the Bronx with the Yankees the place he appeared in 169 video games between the 2002 and 2003 seasons.
He averaged .273 throughout the course of his MLB profession, whereas additionally hitting 271 homers and recording 860 RBIs.
Mondesi gained NL Rookie of the Yr in 1994 throughout his first season with the Dodgers and was named to the MLB All-Star Sport in 1995.
Over the course of his profession, Mondesi performed for the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Yankees, Diamondbacks, Pirates, Angels and Braves.
After retiring, he returned to San Cristobal, the place he was from, and finally ended up in politics, the place he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, which has similarities to the U.S. Home of Representatives.
He served as mayor of San Cristobal from 2010 to 2016 and was finally charged with “conspiracy of officers, falsification of paperwork, use of false paperwork, prevarication, embezzlement, and crimes of blending in affairs incompatible with the standard of official and affiliation of criminals.”