Two days after his wife was arrested on kidnapping charges for taking a two-month old baby, Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Jose Tabata talked to the media today about the incident. In fact, he prepared a statement himself in Spanish and opened up quite a bit about the whole situation.In the statement, he denied any involvement in the kidnapping, saying that in fact his wife had falsified a pregnancy and told him the baby was his. He also said that she didn't inform him about her time spent in prison for fraud. Like anyone would be, Tabata's incredibly shaken up by the entire situation and he's not very happy with his wife.
"As you and Pirates fans get to know me, you'll understand that, when this is all over, I will never be able to forgive her for her cruel actions. You will also understand that I will do everything possible, with the support of God and my family here with the Pirates, to overcome this craziness. The truth is I would never wish this situation on anybody, but I know that life has its good and its bad, and I know that the good times are not too far off in the future."He wasn't allowed to comment on the kidnapping specifically and I suppose its possible that more details come to light, but right now this seems like a classic case of the 43-year-old Pereia taking advantage of a naive 20-year-old baseball player. As outlandish as this seemed when the original story broke on Tuesday, now it all seems kind of sad that such a young guy is caught up in such an ugly mess.
