.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up litigation on charges that he intimately mistreated a minor following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation and also the documentation presented by the district attorney had sufficient advantages to deserve a trial. Valenzuela will rule on a decision at the trial, which carries out certainly not have a set date yet.Franco was actually put on Big league Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had actually informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State imposed three charges versus him for an alleged sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually performed management leave as portion of a package in between MLB and the players' organization. The arrangement included a regulation that managerial leave, during which Franco was spent, would finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences charges of sexual assault, sexual profiteering versus a minor and also human trafficking. The fees lug a possible sentence of around 20 years.He is likewise under an MLB investigation under its residential violence, sexual abuse and also youngster misuse policy till the instance is resolved.Because Franco can easily certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his failure to document permitted the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the female, that in January submitted a complaint versus Franco, reached a deal along with Franco's lawful representatives as well as withdrew his complaint. The regards to the contract were not divulged throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Author located in the Dominican Commonwealth.