.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand trial on charges that he intimately mistreated a minor following a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the allegation and the evidence offered by the prosecution possessed enough qualities to warrant a trial. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a verdict at the litigation, which does certainly not possess a collection day yet.Franco was put on Big league Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 costs versus him for an alleged sexual connection with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually been on managerial leave as portion of an offer between MLB as well as the players' affiliation. The contract consisted of a provision that managerial leave of absence, during the course of which Franco was actually paid, would certainly end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual assault, sexual profiteering against a small and also individual trafficking. The fees carry a prospective paragraph of up to twenty years.He is additionally under an MLB inspection under its own domestic brutality, sexual abuse and child misuse plan till the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his incapability to report permitted the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the dad of the woman, that in January submitted a criticism versus Franco, reached out to a contract along with Franco's legal reps as well as removed his problem. The relations to the deal were certainly not revealed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.