.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand up hearing on complaints that he sexually violated a small adhering to a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the accusation and also the evidence provided by the district attorney possessed enough advantages to require a trial. Valenzuela will rule on a decision at the trial, which performs not have a set time yet.Franco was actually placed on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied three costs versus him for a claimed sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually been on administrative leave as aspect of a bargain in between MLB and also the gamers' affiliation. The deal included a provision that management leave, throughout which Franco was actually paid out, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with charges of sexual abuse, sexual profiteering versus a slight and individual trafficking. The fees lug a potential sentence of approximately 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its own domestic brutality, sexual assault and also kid misuse plan up until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his lack of ability to document permitted the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the dad of the gal, who in January filed a grievance versus Franco, reached an agreement with Franco's lawful reps as well as withdrew his complaint. The regards to the deal were certainly not disclosed in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Team Author based in the Dominican Commonwealth.