.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand litigation on allegations that he intimately mistreated a minor following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the accusation as well as the evidence shown due to the prosecution possessed ample benefits to necessitate a litigation. Valenzuela will rule on a decision at the trial, which does not possess a collection date yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's limited checklist in July, resources had actually told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth levied 3 costs against him for a claimed sexual relationship along with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually performed managerial leave of absence as part of a bargain in between MLB and the gamers' association. The contract consisted of a regulation that managerial leave of absence, throughout which Franco was actually paid for, would certainly finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces fees of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation against a slight and also human trafficking. The costs lug a prospective sentence of up to twenty years.He is also under an MLB examination under its own domestic brutality, sexual offense and little one misuse plan till the instance is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his failure to file allowed the Rays to go after the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the girl, that in January filed a problem versus Franco, reached a contract with Franco's lawful representatives as well as removed his grievance. The relations to the contract were not disclosed during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Workers Writer located in the Dominican State.