.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand up litigation on indictments that he intimately mistreated a small following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the accusation and the proof offered due to the prosecutor possessed enough benefits to warrant a trial. Valenzuela will rule on a decision at the trial, which does not have a set date yet.Franco was placed on Big league Baseball's limited list in July, resources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 costs against him for an alleged sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually been on management vacation as component of an offer in between MLB and also the gamers' association. The contract included a stipulation that administrative leave of absence, during which Franco was actually paid, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces costs of sexual assault, sexual exploitation against a small and also human trafficking. The fees lug a prospective paragraph of around 20 years.He is also under an MLB investigation under its residential brutality, sexual abuse and kid misuse policy till the case is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his incapacity to file made it possible for the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the lady, that in January submitted a criticism versus Franco, reached an arrangement with Franco's legal reps and also removed his grievance. The relations to the deal were actually certainly not divulged in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Author located in the Dominican Commonwealth.