.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up trial on indictments that he intimately mistreated a small complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the allegation as well as the evidence offered by the prosecution possessed enough merits to require a trial. Valenzuela will rule on a judgment at the hearing, which does certainly not have a set time yet.Franco was actually positioned on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied 3 costs against him for a claimed sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had gotten on managerial leave of absence as component of a package in between MLB and also the gamers' organization. The contract consisted of a stipulation that management leave of absence, throughout which Franco was actually paid, will finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters costs of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a small and also individual contraband. The fees bring a possible paragraph of up to 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB inspection under its domestic violence, sexual abuse as well as child abuse plan up until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his failure to file permitted the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the female, that in January submitted an issue versus Franco, connected with a contract along with Franco's legal agents and also withdrew his problem. The terms of the arrangement were actually not revealed during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Author located in the Dominican State.