.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will definitely stand up hearing on indictments that he sexually abused a minor complying with a court's ruling Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela figured out that both the accusation as well as the proof shown by the district attorney had sufficient values to deserve a hearing. Valenzuela would rule on a verdict at the hearing, which performs not have a set time yet.Franco was actually put on Major League Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican Commonwealth imposed 3 fees against him for a supposed sexual connection along with a then-14-year-old gal. Franco, 23, had actually performed managerial leave as aspect of a bargain between MLB and the players' affiliation. The arrangement featured a provision that management leave, during which Franco was spent, would finish if he was actually charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces charges of sexual harassment, sexual profiteering versus a small as well as human trafficking. The costs bring a possible sentence of approximately twenty years.He is likewise under an MLB investigation under its own residential violence, sexual abuse as well as kid misuse plan until the scenario is actually resolved.Because Franco may not leave behind the Dominican Republic under his bond agreement, his lack of ability to file permitted the Rays to go after the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the daddy of the female, who in January submitted a complaint versus Franco, reached out to an agreement with Franco's legal representatives as well as removed his problem. The regards to the deal were not made known during the course of the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Author based in the Dominican Commonwealth.