.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand up hearing on allegations that he intimately mistreated a small observing a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the allegation as well as the evidence presented due to the prosecution had sufficient values to deserve a litigation. Valenzuela will conclude on a judgment at the hearing, which does not have a set day yet.Franco was actually placed on Major League Baseball's limited checklist in July, sources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied three charges against him for a supposed sexual partnership along with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on administrative leave as aspect of a bargain between MLB and also the players' organization. The agreement included a provision that administrative vacation, during which Franco was spent, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with fees of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a small and human trafficking. The charges carry a potential sentence of around 20 years.He is actually likewise under an MLB inspection under its residential brutality, sexual abuse as well as kid misuse plan up until the scenario is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his incapability to record allowed the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the dad of the gal, who in January submitted an issue versus Franco, connected with a contract with Franco's lawful reps and also withdrew his grievance. The terms of the contract were actually certainly not divulged during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Article writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.