.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up hearing on charges that he intimately misused a minor complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the complaint and also the documentation presented by the prosecutor possessed adequate values to require a litigation. Valenzuela will conclude on a verdict at the litigation, which performs not possess a collection time yet.Franco was actually positioned on Big league Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had actually said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied 3 charges against him for a supposed sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had been on management vacation as portion of an offer between MLB and also the gamers' association. The deal featured a provision that managerial leave, during which Franco was actually spent, would finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences fees of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a small and also human contraband. The costs bring a possible sentence of as much as twenty years.He is likewise under an MLB examination under its own domestic physical violence, sexual offense and youngster misuse plan till the case is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his failure to record made it possible for the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the woman, who in January submitted a complaint against Franco, got to an arrangement along with Franco's lawful representatives and removed his criticism. The terms of the deal were actually certainly not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Author based in the Dominican State.