.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand hearing on charges that he sexually abused a small observing a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the complaint as well as the evidence shown due to the prosecution had ample merits to necessitate a hearing. Valenzuela would certainly rule on a judgment at the trial, which does not possess a set date yet.Franco was actually placed on Big league Baseball's restricted checklist in July, sources had said to ESPN, after district attorneys in the Dominican Republic levied 3 fees against him for a supposed sex-related relationship with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually performed administrative leave of absence as aspect of a package in between MLB as well as the players' association. The arrangement included a stipulation that managerial leave, in the course of which Franco was paid for, will finish if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco experiences costs of sexual abuse, sex-related exploitation versus a slight as well as human trafficking. The fees bring a possible sentence of around 20 years.He is additionally under an MLB investigation under its own domestic brutality, sexual offense and also kid abuse plan until the instance is actually resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail arrangement, his lack of ability to document permitted the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the female, that in January submitted a problem versus Franco, reached a deal with Franco's legal reps as well as removed his problem. The regards to the agreement were actually not made known throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Team Writer based in the Dominican Republic.