.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up trial on indictments that he sexually mistreated a slight following a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the allegation and also the documentation presented due to the prosecution had adequate values to warrant a trial. Valenzuela will conclude on a decision at the litigation, which performs certainly not possess a collection day yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, resources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic imposed three costs against him for a claimed sex-related partnership along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually been on managerial leave as aspect of a deal in between MLB and the players' organization. The agreement featured a regulation that management leave, throughout which Franco was paid, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual harassment, sexual profiteering versus a slight and human contraband. The fees lug a potential paragraph of around twenty years.He is actually likewise under an MLB inspection under its own domestic brutality, sexual offense and little one misuse policy up until the instance is resolved.Because Franco can not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his inability to document enabled the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the lady, that in January filed a complaint against Franco, connected with an arrangement with Franco's lawful agents and withdrew his problem. The terms of the agreement were not made known during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican Republic.