.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand litigation on allegations that he intimately mistreated a minor following a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the allegation and also the proof shown due to the prosecutor possessed enough qualities to necessitate a trial. Valenzuela will rule on a judgment at the trial, which carries out not have a set day yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth levied three fees versus him for a claimed sexual relationship along with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually performed managerial leave as part of an offer between MLB and the players' association. The arrangement consisted of a stipulation that managerial leave of absence, during the course of which Franco was paid, would finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation versus a minor and individual contraband. The fees hold a potential sentence of as much as twenty years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its domestic brutality, sexual abuse and youngster misuse policy up until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond contract, his incapability to record permitted the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the lady, who in January filed a problem against Franco, got to an agreement along with Franco's legal reps as well as withdrew his complaint. The terms of the arrangement were actually not revealed in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.