.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will certainly stand litigation on indictments that he intimately misused a slight following a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the accusation and also the documentation provided by the prosecutor had adequate benefits to require a hearing. Valenzuela will rule on a decision at the hearing, which carries out not have a collection time yet.Franco was actually placed on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic imposed three fees versus him for a claimed sex-related partnership with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had been on management vacation as part of an offer between MLB and also the players' organization. The contract included a stipulation that management leave, during which Franco was actually paid out, will end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a minor and individual contraband. The costs carry a potential sentence of approximately twenty years.He is additionally under an MLB investigation under its residential violence, sexual abuse and also youngster abuse policy until the situation is actually resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his lack of ability to file allowed the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the girl, that in January filed a criticism against Franco, reached out to a contract along with Franco's legal agents and removed his grievance. The relations to the deal were actually not divulged throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Article writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.