.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand litigation on indictments that he intimately mistreated a minor adhering to a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the allegation as well as the documentation provided by the prosecution possessed adequate qualities to necessitate a litigation. Valenzuela would rule on a decision at the trial, which does certainly not possess a collection day yet.Franco was positioned on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 charges against him for an alleged sex-related connection along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on administrative leave of absence as aspect of an offer between MLB and also the players' organization. The contract featured an arrangement that managerial leave, in the course of which Franco was actually paid, would certainly end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation against a small as well as human trafficking. The charges hold a potential paragraph of approximately twenty years.He is actually also under an MLB investigation under its domestic violence, sexual assault as well as child misuse plan till the situation is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his inability to report enabled the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the lady, who in January submitted an issue versus Franco, reached out to an agreement along with Franco's lawful agents and also withdrew his criticism. The regards to the arrangement were actually certainly not revealed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican Republic.