.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand up hearing on complaints that he sexually abused a slight following a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela calculated that both the allegation as well as the proof offered due to the prosecutor had ample advantages to require a hearing. Valenzuela will rule on a judgment at the hearing, which carries out not possess a collection date yet.Franco was actually put on Big league Baseball's restricted list in July, sources had said to ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State imposed three fees against him for an alleged sexual partnership along with a then-14-year-old lady. Franco, 23, had been on administrative leave of absence as component of a package in between MLB and the players' affiliation. The agreement consisted of a provision that administrative vacation, throughout which Franco was actually paid out, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco encounters charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation against a minor and also individual trafficking. The fees carry a possible sentence of approximately twenty years.He is also under an MLB inspection under its residential physical violence, sexual offense and child abuse plan till the situation is resolved.Because Franco can easily not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail contract, his incapability to file enabled the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the father of the lady, who in January filed a complaint versus Franco, got to a contract along with Franco's legal reps and withdrew his complaint. The relations to the contract were actually certainly not divulged during the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is an ESPN Personnel Writer located in the Dominican State.