.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand trial on charges that he intimately misused a minor observing a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the accusation as well as the documentation offered by the district attorney possessed enough merits to require a hearing. Valenzuela would conclude on a decision at the trial, which carries out certainly not possess a set date yet.Franco was actually positioned on Major League Baseball's limited listing in July, sources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State imposed 3 charges against him for an alleged sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on management vacation as part of a bargain in between MLB and also the players' organization. The agreement consisted of a regulation that management leave, during the course of which Franco was paid, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences costs of sexual abuse, sex-related exploitation versus a slight as well as individual contraband. The fees hold a prospective sentence of as much as twenty years.He is actually additionally under an MLB inspection under its own domestic physical violence, sexual abuse and also child abuse plan up until the case is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his failure to report enabled the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the woman, who in January filed a grievance versus Franco, reached a contract along with Franco's lawful representatives and also withdrew his criticism. The terms of the arrangement were not divulged throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Article writer based in the Dominican State.