.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up hearing on complaints that he sexually mistreated a minor observing a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the allegation and also the evidence presented by the prosecution possessed ample values to require a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly conclude on a verdict at the hearing, which performs certainly not have a collection time yet.Franco was put on Big league Baseball's restricted listing in July, sources had informed ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State imposed 3 charges against him for a supposed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had gotten on management vacation as aspect of a deal between MLB and also the players' association. The agreement featured an arrangement that management leave of absence, in the course of which Franco was spent, will end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco deals with costs of sexual abuse, sex-related exploitation against a slight as well as human contraband. The charges carry a possible paragraph of up to 20 years.He is actually additionally under an MLB examination under its own domestic brutality, sexual assault and also youngster abuse policy until the situation is resolved.Because Franco may not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his failure to document permitted the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, who in January submitted a problem against Franco, got to a contract along with Franco's legal agents and also withdrew his grievance. The terms of the arrangement were certainly not divulged during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Team Writer located in the Dominican State.