Wander Franco

Major League Baseball acknowledged the verdict and stated it would conclude its investigation later.

The suspended player faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time.

After five hearings in which prosecutors and defense attorneys presented evidence, judges decided to suspended the trial. Franco faces charges of sexual abuse involving a teenage girl.

A handgun registered to his uncle was found in Wander Franco's vehicle after an altercation, say Dominican prosecutors, who filed the charge Sunday.

Documents that prosecutors presented to the judge alleged that Franco, through his mother, transferred 1 million pesos, or $17,000, to the mother of the teenage girl to consent to the purported abuse.

The Tampa Bay shortstop has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking.

Franco was having an All-Star season with Tampa Bay in 2023 before Dominican authorities began investigating allegations he had been in a relationship with a minor and paid her mother for consent.

A judge in the Dominican Republic granted the delay at the request of prosecutors who said several key witnesses were absent.

The trial begins Thursday. He's been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking.

A spokesperson in the Dominican Republic says the Tampa Bay shortstop was allegedly fighting with another man over a woman's attention.

The Rays shortstop is charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the Dominican Republic.

Prosecutors also say Franco paid the girl’s mother thousands of dollars to consent to the relationship, which lasted four months.