.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand trial on allegations that he sexually violated a slight complying with a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation and also the documentation provided by the district attorney possessed ample qualities to deserve a litigation. Valenzuela will rule on a decision at the hearing, which carries out not have a set date yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 fees versus him for a supposed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had performed managerial leave as part of a package in between MLB as well as the players' organization. The contract consisted of a stipulation that managerial leave of absence, in the course of which Franco was paid out, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation versus a minor and individual contraband. The fees carry a prospective sentence of up to twenty years.He is actually additionally under an MLB inspection under its domestic violence, sexual abuse as well as little one abuse plan until the case is actually resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his failure to record made it possible for the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, who in January submitted a complaint versus Franco, got to an arrangement with Franco's legal agents as well as removed his complaint. The regards to the agreement were not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Workers Author located in the Dominican Commonwealth.