.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand up hearing on allegations that he intimately misused a slight following a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the allegation and also the documentation offered due to the district attorney had enough values to require a trial. Valenzuela will conclude on a verdict at the litigation, which carries out certainly not possess a collection time yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's restricted checklist in July, resources had said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State levied 3 charges against him for a claimed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had gotten on management vacation as part of an offer in between MLB as well as the gamers' association. The contract featured a regulation that administrative leave of absence, during which Franco was actually paid out, would certainly finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences fees of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a small and human contraband. The charges bring a potential sentence of around 20 years.He is actually additionally under an MLB examination under its own residential violence, sexual assault and also youngster misuse policy till the scenario is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his incapacity to record enabled the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the lady, who in January submitted a grievance versus Franco, got to a deal along with Franco's legal agents as well as removed his criticism. The regards to the deal were actually certainly not made known throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican Republic.