.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand trial on charges that he intimately violated a slight complying with a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the allegation and the documentation offered by the prosecutor had sufficient values to call for a litigation. Valenzuela would conclude on a judgment at the litigation, which carries out not have a set date yet.Franco was actually positioned on Big league Baseball's limited list in July, resources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed 3 charges versus him for a supposed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had actually performed administrative leave as portion of a deal in between MLB and also the players' organization. The contract consisted of a stipulation that managerial leave, during the course of which Franco was paid, would end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces fees of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering against a slight and individual contraband. The fees bring a potential sentence of up to 20 years.He is actually likewise under an MLB investigation under its domestic violence, sexual offense as well as little one misuse plan till the situation is resolved.Because Franco can certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his incapability to report made it possible for the Rays to seek the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the female, that in January submitted an issue against Franco, reached a deal with Franco's legal agents as well as removed his complaint. The regards to the agreement were actually certainly not made known during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Article writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.