.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand hearing on allegations that he sexually misused a slight complying with a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the complaint and also the evidence offered by the prosecutor had ample merits to require a trial. Valenzuela would conclude on a verdict at the litigation, which does certainly not have a collection time yet.Franco was actually put on Big league Baseball's restricted listing in July, resources had actually said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed 3 fees against him for a supposed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on administrative leave of absence as component of a bargain in between MLB as well as the players' association. The arrangement featured a regulation that managerial leave of absence, throughout which Franco was paid for, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters charges of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation against a minor and human trafficking. The costs hold a possible sentence of up to twenty years.He is likewise under an MLB investigation under its domestic physical violence, sexual assault and also youngster misuse plan until the scenario is resolved.Because Franco may not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his inability to report enabled the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, that in January submitted a problem versus Franco, got to an arrangement along with Franco's lawful representatives and withdrew his criticism. The relations to the arrangement were actually certainly not divulged during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.