.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand trial on indictments that he intimately violated a slight observing a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the accusation as well as the proof presented due to the district attorney possessed sufficient advantages to deserve a hearing. Valenzuela would rule on a verdict at the hearing, which does certainly not have a collection day yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's limited list in July, sources had informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic levied three costs versus him for a claimed sex-related connection with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had been on management leave of absence as part of a deal in between MLB and also the players' organization. The contract featured an arrangement that management leave, during which Franco was actually paid for, would certainly finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences charges of sexual abuse, sexual profiteering against a minor and human contraband. The fees bring a potential sentence of as much as 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its own domestic physical violence, sexual abuse and also child abuse policy until the case is actually resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his incapability to document permitted the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the dad of the girl, that in January submitted a grievance against Franco, got to an arrangement along with Franco's lawful representatives and also withdrew his problem. The terms of the deal were certainly not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Workers Writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.