.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand hearing on indictments that he sexually abused a minor complying with a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the allegation and the evidence shown by the prosecutor possessed ample benefits to require a litigation. Valenzuela will conclude on a judgment at the litigation, which does not possess a set day yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed 3 costs against him for a claimed sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had been on administrative leave of absence as portion of an offer between MLB and also the gamers' organization. The arrangement consisted of an arrangement that managerial vacation, in the course of which Franco was actually paid for, will finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters costs of sexual assault, sexual exploitation versus a small as well as individual trafficking. The fees hold a potential paragraph of around twenty years.He is also under an MLB examination under its domestic brutality, sexual offense and youngster abuse policy till the case is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his incapacity to file allowed the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the gal, who in January submitted a grievance against Franco, reached a contract along with Franco's legal representatives and also removed his problem. The regards to the agreement were actually certainly not made known during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican Republic.