Pirates Star Oneil Cruz Allegedly Hired Fixer to Pay Crash Victims’ Families

Pittsburgh Pirates player Oneil Cruz is facing allegations that he employed a legal intermediary to facilitate secret payments to the families of three individuals killed in a 2020 traffic collision. Reports suggest that roughly $66,000 was distributed among the grieving relatives in exchange for their agreement to drop criminal and civil charges in the Dominican Republic. While the athlete’s legal team maintains that the subsequent case dismissal was a lawful resolution, some family members claim they were misled into signing the exonerating documents. Prosecutors originally alleged that Cruz had been drinking alcohol and violating a curfew at the time his vehicle struck the victims' motorcycle. This controversy has resurfaced years after the incident, casting a shadow over the Major League Baseball star’s career milestones. Despite the serious nature of these claims, the Pittsburgh Pirates organization has stated that they consider the matter settled based on previous legal outcomes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/murder-files-unsealed--6017387/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.