.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up hearing on indictments that he sexually violated a slight observing a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the accusation as well as the evidence offered by the district attorney had ample merits to call for a hearing. Valenzuela would rule on a decision at the trial, which does not have a collection time yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's limited list in July, resources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State imposed three charges against him for a supposed sex-related partnership along with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had gotten on management vacation as portion of a deal between MLB and the gamers' organization. The contract included an arrangement that managerial leave of absence, during the course of which Franco was actually paid for, would certainly end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters fees of sexual abuse, sex-related exploitation against a minor and also individual trafficking. The costs bring a potential sentence of up to 20 years.He is likewise under an MLB investigation under its own residential physical violence, sexual offense and also youngster abuse policy until the case is actually resolved.Because Franco may not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his incapability to document enabled the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the girl, who in January filed a problem versus Franco, reached a contract with Franco's legal representatives and withdrew his complaint. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Personnel Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.