.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand litigation on complaints that he intimately violated a minor observing a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the allegation as well as the proof provided due to the prosecutor had sufficient benefits to call for a hearing. Valenzuela will rule on a verdict at the trial, which performs certainly not possess a collection date yet.Franco was actually put on Major League Baseball's limited checklist in July, resources had informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied three fees versus him for an alleged sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually performed management leave as component of a deal between MLB as well as the players' association. The deal included a regulation that administrative leave, during which Franco was actually paid, will end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces fees of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation against a slight as well as individual trafficking. The costs lug a possible paragraph of as much as 20 years.He is actually likewise under an MLB investigation under its residential brutality, sexual assault and also youngster abuse plan until the instance is resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his incapacity to record permitted the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, that in January submitted a grievance versus Franco, reached out to an arrangement along with Franco's lawful agents as well as removed his problem. The terms of the agreement were not made known throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Team Writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.