.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up litigation on complaints that he intimately mistreated a minor complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the allegation and also the evidence presented due to the prosecution had enough advantages to warrant a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a decision at the trial, which carries out not possess a set date yet.Franco was actually put on Big league Baseball's restricted checklist in July, sources had actually informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State imposed three costs against him for a claimed sex-related partnership with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on management leave as part of an offer in between MLB as well as the players' association. The arrangement consisted of a provision that management leave, during the course of which Franco was actually spent, will end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces fees of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation against a small as well as human trafficking. The fees lug a potential sentence of up to 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its own domestic physical violence, sexual assault and also little one abuse plan up until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his incapacity to record enabled the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the lady, who in January submitted a problem versus Franco, reached an arrangement with Franco's lawful representatives and removed his problem. The terms of the agreement were actually not made known throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Personnel Author located in the Dominican Commonwealth.