.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand hearing on indictments that he intimately mistreated a slight adhering to a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela established that both the allegation as well as the proof offered by the prosecution possessed enough merits to necessitate a litigation. Valenzuela would rule on a judgment at the trial, which performs certainly not possess a set day yet.Franco was actually positioned on Big league Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic levied 3 charges versus him for a supposed sexual partnership along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on management vacation as portion of an offer in between MLB as well as the gamers' organization. The agreement featured a regulation that managerial vacation, throughout which Franco was paid out, will end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual assault, sex-related exploitation versus a slight and individual trafficking. The fees hold a prospective sentence of approximately 20 years.He is actually likewise under an MLB examination under its own domestic brutality, sexual assault as well as little one abuse plan until the scenario is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond contract, his incapacity to file permitted the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the female, that in January filed an issue against Franco, reached an arrangement with Franco's legal reps and removed his complaint. The terms of the deal were actually not revealed during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.