.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up trial on indictments that he sexually abused a slight following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation and the documentation shown by the prosecution had adequate benefits to deserve a hearing. Valenzuela will conclude on a decision at the trial, which does certainly not possess a set date yet.Franco was actually positioned on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, sources had actually informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State imposed 3 fees versus him for a supposed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had actually performed administrative leave as aspect of an offer in between MLB and the players' affiliation. The arrangement featured a regulation that administrative leave of absence, during which Franco was actually spent, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces costs of sexual assault, sexual profiteering versus a minor and individual contraband. The costs hold a potential sentence of around 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB investigation under its own residential violence, sexual assault and also youngster misuse policy until the case is resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his incapacity to record permitted the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the girl, that in January submitted a criticism against Franco, connected with an arrangement along with Franco's lawful agents and withdrew his issue. The relations to the contract were actually not divulged during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Writer based in the Dominican Republic.