.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up trial on allegations that he intimately mistreated a minor following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the complaint and also the documentation offered due to the prosecution had ample merits to call for a litigation. Valenzuela would rule on a decision at the hearing, which performs certainly not have a collection date yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, resources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed three fees versus him for a supposed sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on managerial vacation as aspect of a bargain in between MLB as well as the players' affiliation. The deal included a stipulation that managerial vacation, throughout which Franco was actually paid, would end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters costs of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation versus a minor as well as individual contraband. The costs carry a possible paragraph of as much as 20 years.He is likewise under an MLB examination under its residential physical violence, sexual abuse and child abuse policy till the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his failure to record permitted the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the woman, that in January submitted a criticism versus Franco, reached an agreement along with Franco's lawful agents as well as removed his issue. The relations to the deal were actually not disclosed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.