.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand hearing on charges that he sexually violated a slight observing a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the accusation as well as the proof offered due to the district attorney possessed ample qualities to warrant a trial. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a decision at the trial, which performs not possess a set day yet.Franco was actually placed on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, resources had actually said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed three fees against him for a supposed sex-related connection along with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had been on managerial leave as component of a bargain between MLB as well as the players' association. The arrangement included a regulation that managerial leave of absence, during the course of which Franco was actually spent, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual harassment, sex-related exploitation versus a small as well as human contraband. The costs bring a potential paragraph of up to 20 years.He is actually likewise under an MLB investigation under its own residential brutality, sexual offense and also child misuse plan up until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his inability to document made it possible for the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the female, that in January submitted a problem against Franco, reached out to a contract with Franco's lawful reps and also withdrew his grievance. The terms of the agreement were certainly not disclosed in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Personnel Author located in the Dominican State.