.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand trial on indictments that he intimately misused a slight complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the complaint and also the evidence presented by the district attorney possessed adequate benefits to call for a litigation. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a judgment at the litigation, which carries out not have a collection time yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic imposed three costs against him for an alleged sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had gotten on managerial leave of absence as portion of a package in between MLB and the gamers' organization. The contract included a regulation that management vacation, in the course of which Franco was paid for, will finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual harassment, sex-related exploitation against a minor and human contraband. The fees carry a prospective sentence of up to 20 years.He is additionally under an MLB investigation under its residential brutality, sexual abuse and also youngster abuse policy until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his inability to file permitted the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the woman, who in January submitted a criticism against Franco, reached an agreement along with Franco's lawful agents as well as withdrew his issue. The relations to the agreement were actually certainly not made known during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Writer based in the Dominican State.