.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand up trial on indictments that he sexually violated a small adhering to a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela determined that both the complaint and the evidence offered by the prosecution had ample merits to warrant a litigation. Valenzuela would rule on a judgment at the trial, which does not possess a collection day yet.Franco was put on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied three fees versus him for a claimed sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old woman. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on administrative leave of absence as part of a package between MLB as well as the gamers' organization. The agreement included a stipulation that management leave, throughout which Franco was spent, will end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters fees of sexual abuse, sexual profiteering versus a small and individual contraband. The fees hold a potential sentence of approximately twenty years.He is additionally under an MLB inspection under its own domestic physical violence, sexual offense and kid abuse plan until the situation is resolved.Because Franco can not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his incapacity to file enabled the Rays to pursue the positioning of Franco on the limited list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, that in January filed a complaint against Franco, reached out to an agreement with Franco's legal reps as well as withdrew his problem. The relations to the arrangement were actually not disclosed during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Writer based in the Dominican Republic.