.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand trial on indictments that he intimately mistreated a slight complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation as well as the evidence provided by the prosecutor possessed adequate benefits to require a litigation. Valenzuela would conclude on a judgment at the hearing, which carries out certainly not have a collection day yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic levied 3 charges against him for an alleged sexual connection along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had been on administrative leave of absence as aspect of a deal in between MLB and the gamers' organization. The deal consisted of a regulation that managerial leave, throughout which Franco was actually spent, would finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters charges of sexual abuse, sex-related profiteering against a slight and individual trafficking. The costs carry a possible sentence of around twenty years.He is likewise under an MLB investigation under its domestic violence, sexual assault and also kid abuse policy up until the instance is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond contract, his incapacity to document made it possible for the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the female, that in January submitted a grievance versus Franco, connected with a deal with Franco's legal representatives and also withdrew his problem. The terms of the arrangement were actually certainly not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Writer based in the Dominican State.