.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up trial on charges that he intimately violated a minor adhering to a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the allegation as well as the proof presented due to the prosecutor possessed adequate values to necessitate a hearing. Valenzuela would conclude on a verdict at the hearing, which performs not have a set day yet.Franco was positioned on Big league Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied 3 charges versus him for a claimed sex-related partnership along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually performed managerial vacation as portion of a deal between MLB and also the gamers' organization. The arrangement consisted of a regulation that administrative leave of absence, during which Franco was paid out, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with charges of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation versus a slight and also individual trafficking. The fees carry a potential sentence of as much as 20 years.He is likewise under an MLB inspection under its own domestic physical violence, sexual offense and little one abuse policy until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his failure to file permitted the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the woman, who in January submitted a grievance against Franco, reached out to an agreement along with Franco's lawful agents and also removed his criticism. The regards to the contract were not divulged in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Author located in the Dominican Commonwealth.