.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand up trial on indictments that he sexually mistreated a minor observing a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the allegation as well as the proof provided by the district attorney had sufficient values to necessitate a trial. Valenzuela would conclude on a verdict at the trial, which performs not have a set date yet.Franco was positioned on Major League Baseball's limited checklist in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed three costs versus him for a claimed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually been on administrative leave of absence as portion of a package between MLB and the players' association. The agreement featured an arrangement that administrative leave, during the course of which Franco was spent, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences costs of sexual assault, sex-related exploitation versus a minor and also human contraband. The charges hold a possible sentence of approximately twenty years.He is actually also under an MLB investigation under its residential brutality, sexual abuse and child abuse plan up until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his inability to record permitted the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the gal, that in January submitted an issue against Franco, reached out to a contract along with Franco's lawful agents and also removed his issue. The relations to the arrangement were not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Workers Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.