.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand up litigation on allegations that he sexually mistreated a slight following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the complaint as well as the documentation provided due to the district attorney had ample benefits to call for a trial. Valenzuela would rule on a verdict at the hearing, which carries out not have a set day yet.Franco was placed on Big league Baseball's restricted list in July, resources had told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State imposed three costs against him for a supposed sex-related partnership with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually been on administrative vacation as part of an offer between MLB and also the gamers' organization. The arrangement included a stipulation that administrative vacation, in the course of which Franco was actually paid for, would certainly finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation versus a minor and human contraband. The costs hold a possible sentence of as much as twenty years.He is also under an MLB examination under its own residential violence, sexual assault as well as child misuse plan until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond contract, his incapacity to document made it possible for the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the dad of the girl, who in January submitted a complaint versus Franco, got to a deal with Franco's legal agents as well as removed his complaint. The relations to the arrangement were certainly not disclosed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.