David Ortiz's Near-Death Experience: 2019 Shooting Happened Due to THIS?
David Ortiz was reportedly targeted by an infamous drug lord during the 2019 shooting incident, a new report said.
Years after Ortiz faced near-death experience, former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis released more details about the incident following a six-month private investigation.
PEOPLE shared a report from The Boston Globe, revealing that drug lord Cesar "The Abuser" Peralta felt disrespected by Ortiz. Because of that, he put a bounty on his head.
Before the shooting in the Dominican Republic, the duo reportedly crossed paths multiple times and caused the drug lord to think Ortiz had shot.
Meanwhile, the Major League Baseball star has since broken his silence in a phone call with the news outlet, saying he felt "sad, confused, angry, all kinds of emotions" upon hearing the news. He hired the former Boston police commissioner personally to conduct the probe into his shooting.
Ortiz also hired former high-ranking CIA official Ric Prado in the investigation.
"I accept what Ed and Ric are telling me, but how come no one in the Dominican justice system has told me this is how it went down? Instead, it's the opposite. To be honest, when you live in a country where justice is corrupted, you want to believe [what the government alleges] but you also will disagree, and that was what was going on at the time," Ortiz continuously said.
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After delivering his reaction following the investigation, Ortiz's communications adviser, Joe Baerlein, said that the athlete requested to add his comments. He said that he appreciates the report's thoroughness regarding the 2019 incident.
However, Ortiz is said to be waiting to take further legal action in the Dominican and US courts to find out why it happened to him.
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Initially, the reported findings of Dominican officials said that an unknown person had a bounty out for the baseball star. Now, they insist that the shooting was, instead, a case of mistaken identity.
Peralta's lawyer, Joaquin Perez, said that his client and Ortiz are close friends - something that Ortiz dismissed.
"We understood the attorney general was trying to make [Peralta's possible involvement] go away. Because if Peralta went down, many people in the government were going to go down," Prado added.
As of press time, 13 suspects are currently involved in the case and awaiting trial.
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