.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand trial on charges that he sexually mistreated a slight complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the allegation as well as the proof presented due to the district attorney had adequate values to call for a litigation. Valenzuela would certainly rule on a verdict at the trial, which does certainly not have a collection date yet.Franco was positioned on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, resources had actually informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic levied three costs against him for a claimed sexual partnership along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually been on management leave as part of a bargain between MLB and also the gamers' affiliation. The contract featured a provision that management vacation, in the course of which Franco was paid out, would finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation versus a small and also individual trafficking. The costs carry a possible paragraph of around twenty years.He is additionally under an MLB investigation under its own residential physical violence, sexual offense as well as kid misuse plan till the case is resolved.Because Franco may not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his inability to record made it possible for the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the female, that in January filed a grievance versus Franco, connected with a contract along with Franco's lawful representatives and also removed his criticism. The regards to the agreement were not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Writer based in the Dominican Republic.