.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up trial on allegations that he intimately misused a minor following a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the complaint as well as the evidence shown due to the prosecution had adequate advantages to warrant a trial. Valenzuela will conclude on a judgment at the hearing, which does not have a set time yet.Franco was placed on Big league Baseball's limited checklist in July, sources had actually said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth levied three costs versus him for a supposed sex-related connection along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on managerial leave of absence as part of a bargain in between MLB and the gamers' affiliation. The deal consisted of a regulation that management vacation, during which Franco was paid for, would finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces costs of sexual assault, sex-related profiteering versus a slight and also human contraband. The charges bring a potential paragraph of around 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its own residential physical violence, sexual abuse as well as little one abuse plan until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his failure to record made it possible for the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the female, that in January filed an issue against Franco, connected with a contract along with Franco's legal representatives and removed his problem. The regards to the deal were actually certainly not disclosed during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Workers Article writer based in the Dominican State.