.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up litigation on indictments that he intimately mistreated a slight following a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation as well as the proof provided by the prosecution had adequate qualities to require a trial. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a decision at the trial, which does certainly not possess a collection day yet.Franco was actually positioned on Big league Baseball's limited list in July, resources had told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth levied three fees against him for a claimed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had actually performed administrative vacation as aspect of a bargain between MLB as well as the players' organization. The contract featured a provision that administrative leave of absence, during which Franco was paid, will finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters costs of sexual assault, sexual profiteering versus a small and human contraband. The costs lug a potential paragraph of as much as 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its own domestic brutality, sexual offense and youngster misuse plan up until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco can not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his lack of ability to file allowed the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the gal, that in January filed a criticism versus Franco, reached an agreement along with Franco's legal agents and also withdrew his problem. The regards to the agreement were not divulged during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Workers Writer based in the Dominican Republic.