Alex Rodriguez paid his cousin $ 900,000 in return for his silence , prosecutors say . The Yankees star paid his cousin and former personal assistant Yuri Sucart $ 900,000 in 2013 and gave him and his family medical insurance , a 2009 Chevrolet Suburban and a 5-bedroom house , in return for Sucart keeping quiet on confidential matters , said documents filed in federal court in Miami . The cousin 's lawyer says money was a compensation for a breached employment agreement . Court papers link the cousin to a clinic at the center of baseball 's doping scandal . The cousin introduced Rodriguez to the founder of the clinic , the documents say .
Alex Rodriguez paid his cousin $ 900,000 in return for his silence , prosecutors say . The cousin 's lawyer says money was a compensation for a breached employment agreement . Court papers link the cousin to a clinic at the center of baseball 's doping scandal . The cousin introduced Rodriguez to the founder of the clinic , the documents say .