.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand trial on complaints that he sexually abused a minor observing a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela established that both the complaint and the documentation provided by the prosecutor possessed adequate benefits to necessitate a hearing. Valenzuela will rule on a verdict at the hearing, which performs certainly not have a set day yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, resources had informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic levied 3 costs against him for a supposed sexual connection along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had performed management leave of absence as aspect of an offer between MLB as well as the gamers' association. The contract included a provision that managerial leave of absence, during which Franco was paid for, would certainly finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces costs of sexual assault, sex-related exploitation versus a slight and also human contraband. The fees lug a potential paragraph of approximately 20 years.He is likewise under an MLB examination under its residential violence, sexual abuse and youngster misuse plan till the scenario is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his incapability to document permitted the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the girl, who in January filed a problem versus Franco, got to a deal with Franco's lawful reps and also removed his grievance. The relations to the arrangement were actually certainly not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Personnel Writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.