.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco are going to stand litigation on indictments that he sexually violated a slight following a judge's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the allegation as well as the proof shown due to the district attorney possessed ample benefits to deserve a litigation. Valenzuela will rule on a judgment at the hearing, which does not have a collection date yet.Franco was actually placed on Major League Baseball's limited list in July, resources had actually said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic imposed three fees versus him for a claimed sex-related relationship along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had actually gotten on managerial leave of absence as aspect of a package between MLB and the gamers' association. The agreement included a regulation that administrative vacation, in the course of which Franco was paid, would end if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters fees of sexual abuse, sex-related profiteering against a minor and individual contraband. The fees carry a potential paragraph of as much as twenty years.He is also under an MLB inspection under its residential physical violence, sexual offense and also little one misuse plan up until the instance is resolved.Because Franco can easily certainly not leave the Dominican Republic under his bond deal, his incapability to report made it possible for the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the gal, who in January filed an issue against Franco, reached out to a deal along with Franco's lawful reps and removed his problem. The regards to the deal were certainly not revealed during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Writer located in the Dominican Commonwealth.