.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up hearing on allegations that he sexually abused a slight complying with a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the complaint as well as the documentation shown by the prosecutor possessed adequate qualities to require a litigation. Valenzuela will rule on a verdict at the litigation, which performs not have a set date yet.Franco was actually put on Major League Baseball's limited list in July, sources had actually informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied 3 costs versus him for a claimed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually performed management leave as part of a deal in between MLB as well as the gamers' organization. The agreement consisted of a provision that managerial leave of absence, during which Franco was actually paid out, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters costs of sexual assault, sex-related profiteering against a slight and human contraband. The charges carry a possible sentence of around twenty years.He is additionally under an MLB examination under its residential brutality, sexual offense and also child misuse plan up until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his incapability 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 lady, that in January submitted a criticism against Franco, got to a deal along with Franco's legal representatives and removed his issue. The regards to the agreement were not disclosed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Personnel Writer based in the Dominican State.