.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand trial on allegations that he intimately misused a small following a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the accusation and the evidence shown by the prosecutor had sufficient merits to warrant a litigation. Valenzuela would conclude on a verdict at the trial, which carries out certainly not have a set date yet.Franco was put on Big league Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic imposed three charges versus him for a supposed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on administrative leave of absence as portion of a bargain between MLB and the gamers' organization. The contract consisted of a stipulation that managerial vacation, in the course of which Franco was spent, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces costs of sexual abuse, sex-related profiteering versus a slight and also human contraband. The fees carry a potential sentence of as much as twenty years.He is additionally under an MLB inspection under its own domestic violence, sexual abuse and kid misuse policy until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his failure to file made it possible for the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the girl, who in January submitted a criticism against Franco, reached a deal along with Franco's legal reps and also withdrew his issue. The regards to the arrangement were actually certainly not divulged throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Staff Writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.