.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand litigation on charges that he intimately violated a minor adhering to a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the complaint and also the evidence presented due to the prosecution had ample merits to necessitate a trial. Valenzuela would certainly rule on a judgment at the trial, which performs certainly not possess a set day yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 fees against him for an alleged sexual partnership along with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had actually been on management leave of absence as part of a package in between MLB and the gamers' association. The deal featured a stipulation that management leave of absence, in the course of which Franco was paid out, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces costs of sexual assault, sexual exploitation against a slight and also individual contraband. The charges hold a prospective sentence of up to twenty years.He is actually likewise under an MLB examination under its own residential brutality, sexual abuse and kid abuse policy until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his inability to file enabled the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the gal, who in January filed an issue versus Franco, connected with a contract along with Franco's legal agents as well as withdrew his complaint. The terms of the arrangement were certainly not revealed during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.