.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand trial on charges that he intimately violated a small complying with a court's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the allegation as well as the documentation presented by the district attorney had sufficient advantages to require a hearing. Valenzuela will conclude on a verdict at the hearing, which performs not have a collection date yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's limited checklist in July, resources had actually informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic imposed three costs versus him for a supposed sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old girl. Franco, 23, had actually performed management leave of absence as component of a package between MLB and the gamers' organization. The deal included a stipulation that managerial leave, in the course of which Franco was actually spent, will end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters fees of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation against a slight and also human contraband. The fees lug a possible paragraph of around twenty years.He is actually likewise under an MLB inspection under its domestic physical violence, sexual abuse and also youngster misuse policy up until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his failure to record enabled the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the girl, who in January filed a grievance versus Franco, reached out to a deal along with Franco's lawful representatives as well as withdrew his criticism. The relations to the contract were actually not disclosed in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Workers Author based in the Dominican Commonwealth.