.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand trial on complaints that he intimately mistreated a minor complying with a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the allegation as well as the proof shown by the prosecutor had adequate advantages to call for a hearing. Valenzuela would rule on a judgment at the hearing, which performs not possess a collection date yet.Franco was actually positioned on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied 3 costs against him for a claimed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had gotten on managerial vacation as component of a deal between MLB and also the gamers' organization. The contract consisted of an arrangement that managerial leave, during which Franco was spent, will end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual assault, sexual exploitation versus a small as well as individual contraband. The charges carry a prospective sentence of up to twenty years.He is actually likewise under an MLB inspection under its domestic violence, sexual assault and also child abuse plan until the case is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his lack of ability to document made it possible for the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the female, who in January submitted a complaint versus Franco, got to a deal with Franco's legal reps and also removed his problem. The relations to the contract were actually certainly not divulged in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Author located in the Dominican State.