.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand hearing on allegations that he intimately mistreated a slight observing a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the accusation and the evidence presented by the prosecution possessed ample merits to deserve a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly rule on a judgment at the trial, which carries out not possess a collection time yet.Franco was positioned on Major League Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had told ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican State imposed three fees 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 portion of a bargain between MLB and the players' association. The arrangement included a regulation that management leave of absence, in the course of which Franco was paid for, would certainly end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters fees of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a slight and individual trafficking. The charges carry a prospective sentence of as much as 20 years.He is actually also under an MLB examination under its residential brutality, sexual abuse and also kid misuse plan until the scenario is resolved.Because Franco may certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond arrangement, his lack of ability to record made it possible for the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the woman, that in January filed a criticism against Franco, got to an agreement along with Franco's legal representatives as well as removed his criticism. The regards to the contract were actually not disclosed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Workers Article writer located in the Dominican Republic.