.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up trial on complaints that he intimately misused a slight adhering to a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela established that both the complaint as well as the proof provided due to the prosecution possessed ample qualities to call for a litigation. Valenzuela would conclude on a decision at the hearing, which carries out certainly not have a collection day yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 charges against him for a supposed sexual connection along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on management leave as part of a deal in between MLB and also the gamers' organization. The agreement included a provision that managerial vacation, throughout which Franco was actually paid out, would certainly finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation versus a small as well as individual trafficking. The charges lug a potential paragraph of around twenty years.He is actually likewise under an MLB inspection under its own residential physical violence, sexual assault as well as kid misuse plan up until the instance is actually resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his lack of ability to record made it possible for the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the woman, that in January submitted a complaint versus Franco, connected with an agreement with Franco's legal reps as well as removed his grievance. The regards to the contract were not disclosed during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Writer based in the Dominican Republic.