.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand litigation on complaints that he intimately violated a minor adhering to a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the allegation as well as the evidence provided due to the prosecutor had adequate qualities to deserve a litigation. Valenzuela would rule on a verdict at the hearing, which does not possess a set date yet.Franco was actually positioned on Big league Baseball's restricted checklist in July, resources had told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic levied three costs against him for a supposed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on managerial vacation as part of a package in between MLB as well as the players' organization. The agreement featured a stipulation that administrative leave, during which Franco was actually paid for, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual assault, sex-related exploitation against a small and also human contraband. The fees hold a prospective sentence of up to twenty years.He is actually also under an MLB investigation under its own domestic physical violence, sexual offense and child abuse plan up until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his incapability to record made it possible for the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the gal, who in January filed a problem versus Franco, connected with an arrangement with Franco's legal representatives and also withdrew his grievance. The regards to the deal were actually not divulged during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Personnel Writer located in the Dominican State.