.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand trial on complaints that he sexually mistreated a small observing a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the accusation and the evidence provided due to the prosecution had enough values to call for a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly rule on a verdict at the hearing, which carries out not have a collection date yet.Franco was put on Big league Baseball's restricted checklist in July, resources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied three costs against him for a supposed sexual partnership with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had performed management leave of absence as component of a package in between MLB and also the players' association. The arrangement included a provision that management leave, throughout which Franco was paid out, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters charges of sexual harassment, sex-related exploitation against a minor and also individual trafficking. The costs bring a potential sentence of up to 20 years.He is also under an MLB investigation under its own domestic brutality, sexual offense as well as kid misuse policy up until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his failure to record made it possible for the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the woman, that in January filed a grievance versus Franco, reached an arrangement along with Franco's lawful representatives and withdrew his complaint. The terms of the contract were actually not revealed in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Author located in the Dominican State.