.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 judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the allegation and the evidence offered due to the prosecutor had enough values to deserve a hearing. Valenzuela will conclude on a verdict at the trial, which does not possess a collection time yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's limited list in July, resources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed 3 costs versus him for a supposed sex-related partnership with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had actually been on managerial leave as part of a deal between MLB and the players' association. The arrangement included a provision that management vacation, during the course of which Franco was actually spent, would end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters costs of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering versus a minor and also individual trafficking. The charges bring a possible sentence of approximately 20 years.He is additionally under an MLB examination under its domestic violence, sexual abuse as well as child misuse policy till the instance is resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond deal, his inability to file made it possible for the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the dad of the woman, who in January filed a problem versus Franco, reached out to an arrangement with Franco's legal reps and withdrew his grievance. The terms of the arrangement were not made known throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Workers Writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.