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Wander Franco requested to stand litigation in sexual harassment lawsuit

.Sep 26, 2024, 03:06 PM ETTampa Gulf Rays shortstop Wander Franco will stand trial on charges that he sexually misused a slight observing a judge's judgment Thursday in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.Judge Pascual Valenzuela identified that both the accusation and also the evidence offered due to the prosecutor possessed enough values to call for a hearing. Valenzuela will conclude on a judgment at the hearing, which carries out certainly not possess a set time yet.Franco was positioned on Big league Baseball's limited checklist in July, sources had actually told ESPN, after prosecutors in the Dominican State levied 3 costs against him for an alleged sex-related partnership along with a then-14-year-old female. Franco, 23, had gotten on managerial vacation as part of a package between MLB and the players' association. The agreement featured a regulation that management leave, in the course of which Franco was paid for, would end if he was charged.Editor's Picks1 RelatedFranco faces fees of sexual harassment, sex-related profiteering versus a small and also human trafficking. The costs lug a possible sentence of up to 20 years.He is actually likewise under an MLB investigation under its residential violence, sexual offense and also little one abuse policy until the instance is actually resolved.Because Franco may not leave the Dominican Republic under his bail deal, his incapacity to file permitted the Rays to seek the placement of Franco on the restricted list.Also on Thursday, the papa of the lady, that in January submitted a criticism versus Franco, reached an agreement with Franco's legal representatives and also removed his complaint. The regards to the arrangement were actually certainly not revealed throughout the hearing.Juan Arturo Recio is actually an ESPN Staff Writer based in the Dominican Commonwealth.