.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up trial on indictments that he intimately abused a small following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the accusation and also the evidence provided by the prosecution had ample values to call for a litigation. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a judgment at the hearing, which does certainly not have a collection date yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, sources had said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State levied three costs versus him for a supposed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on management leave of absence as component of a bargain in between MLB and the gamers' organization. The contract featured an arrangement that management leave of absence, during the course of which Franco was paid out, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with fees of sexual assault, sexual profiteering versus a small and also individual contraband. The costs hold a potential sentence of as much as 20 years.He is additionally under an MLB investigation under its residential physical violence, sexual abuse and little one abuse plan till the scenario is resolved.Because Franco can not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond deal, his incapacity to file enabled the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, who in January filed a problem against Franco, reached an agreement with Franco's legal agents as well as withdrew his complaint. The relations to the agreement were not disclosed during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Team Author based in the Dominican Commonwealth.