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By Fares Sabawi of the Caller-Times

Inside a Whataburger Field stairwell, a Hooks player backhanded his girlfriend three times, according to an arrest affidavit.

Footage of the attack, captured on video surveillance, prompted Hooks officials to contact police the next day.

The affidavit into what led to the arrest of outfielder Danry Vasquez was released to the Caller-Times on Tuesday.

Police arrested Vasquez on a warrant Aug. 4 on suspicion of assault family violence, a misdemeanor. The Venezuelan national remains free on $10,000 bail.

Hooks President Ken Schrom said Major League Baseball placed Vasquez on administrative leave and the league is handling "all aspects from the investigation to the discipline that will take place."

In a Tuesday statement, Astros officials said they are cooperating with police and expressed their support for the league's domestic violence policy.

"We take this allegation very seriously, and have taken swift response as we do not condone violence in our organization," the statement read. "The Astros are disappointed that this allegation is attached to a member of our organization."

While Vasquez remains on the roster Astros spokeswoman Anita Sehgal told the Caller-Times he is not being paid and "that's normal pending resolution of a criminal process."

Attempts to reach Vasquez were unsuccessful Tuesday. He lives in a gated apartment complex.

Hooks officials reported they discovered the footage of the Aug. 2 attack after they were approached by a male employee who told them Vasquez threatened him, according to the affidavit.

While reviewing surveillance footage for that incident they saw Vasquez pulling his girlfriend by the arm and striking her in the face twice, the affidavit states.

The first slap knocked her glasses off and sent her stumbling down the stairs. Then, he struck her again.

When Vasquez left her, he returned two minutes later with the male Hooks employee and appeared "to have a heated conversation" with him.

Vasquez struck his girlfriend a third time, knocking her glasses off again, after the employee left the stairwell. The couple left together, the affidavit states.

Police obtained a video statement from his girlfriend Aug. 4, who had a bruise under her left eye, according to the affidavit.

A family violence detective obtained and executed the warrant for Vasquez later that day.

The case has not yet been reviewed for potential prosecution, said Carlos Valdez, first assistant with the Nueces County District Attorney's Office.

Staff writers George Vondracek and Krista M. Torralva contributed to this report.

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