.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand litigation on complaints that he intimately mistreated a minor following a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela found out that both the accusation as well as the documentation shown due to the prosecution had adequate merits to deserve a hearing. Valenzuela will conclude on a judgment at the litigation, which carries out certainly not possess a set time yet.Franco was placed on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, resources had actually informed ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed three fees against him for a claimed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had performed administrative leave of absence as portion of a package between MLB and the players' association. The deal featured a regulation that administrative leave of absence, throughout which Franco was actually paid for, will end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences costs of sexual abuse, sex-related profiteering against a small and individual contraband. The charges lug a potential sentence of approximately twenty years.He is also under an MLB inspection under its own domestic violence, sexual assault and also child misuse policy until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco may not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his incapacity to document made it possible for the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the girl, who in January filed a complaint against Franco, got to an agreement with Franco's legal representatives as well as removed his problem. The terms of the contract were not made known in the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Article writer located in the Dominican State.