.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand hearing on complaints that he intimately mistreated a minor following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the accusation and also the documentation provided due to the prosecutor had ample qualities to necessitate a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a verdict at the trial, which does certainly not possess a set day yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic levied three costs against him for an alleged sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had performed administrative vacation as portion of a deal between MLB and also the players' association. The agreement consisted of an arrangement that managerial vacation, throughout which Franco was actually paid out, would finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation against a minor as well as individual trafficking. The costs carry a prospective sentence of as much as twenty years.He is actually also under an MLB investigation under its own residential brutality, sexual assault and also kid misuse policy until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond deal, his lack of ability to file permitted the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, that in January filed a complaint against Franco, connected with an agreement with Franco's lawful representatives as well as withdrew his complaint. The relations to the deal were certainly not disclosed during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Writer based in the Dominican State.