.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up trial on indictments that he intimately abused a slight observing a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela established that both the accusation as well as the proof shown by the district attorney possessed enough merits to warrant a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a decision at the hearing, which carries out not have a collection day yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth levied three charges against him for an alleged sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had actually been on managerial leave as portion of a package in between MLB as well as the players' organization. The deal included a provision that administrative leave of absence, during the course of which Franco was actually paid out, would certainly end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences fees of sexual abuse, sexual profiteering against a slight and individual trafficking. The charges lug a possible paragraph of up to twenty years.He is actually likewise under an MLB examination under its domestic brutality, sexual assault and child misuse plan until the case is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his lack of ability to record permitted the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the gal, who in January filed a grievance against Franco, reached a contract with Franco's lawful agents and also withdrew his criticism. The relations to the deal were actually certainly not divulged during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Team Author located in the Dominican Commonwealth.