{"id":35049,"date":"2025-06-27T04:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/suspended-tampa-bay-rays-shortstop-wander-franco-found-guilty-of-sex-abuse-in-dominican-republic\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:48:15","slug":"suspended-tampa-bay-rays-shortstop-wander-franco-found-guilty-of-sex-abuse-in-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/suspended-tampa-bay-rays-shortstop-wander-franco-found-guilty-of-sex-abuse-in-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco found guilty of sex abuse in Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/rays-shortstop-wander-franco-formally-charged-with-sexually-abusing-a-14-year-old-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">charged in a sexual abuse case<\/a><\/span>, was found guilty on Thursday in the Dominican Republic but received a two-year suspended sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Franco <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/prosecutors-file-evidence-against-rays-shortstop-wander-franco-in-dominican-republic-probe-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was arrested<\/a><\/span> last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, and of transferring thousands of dollars to her mother to consent to the illegal relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Franco, now 24, also faced charges of sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking, but was found not guilty of those.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/26\/58fd2b7d-edc6-4567-924f-0070d99a67c9\/thumbnail\/620x427\/c61392f630a98c4963faf8591ecadfda\/ap25177820438054.jpg#\" alt=\"Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco \" height=\"427\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/26\/58fd2b7d-edc6-4567-924f-0070d99a67c9\/thumbnail\/620x427\/c61392f630a98c4963faf8591ecadfda\/ap25177820438054.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/26\/58fd2b7d-edc6-4567-924f-0070d99a67c9\/thumbnail\/1240x854\/173fc439ebeaa97cee4cd3579a29d9f6\/ap25177820438054.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, left, reacts after hearing his sentence during his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Thursday, June 26, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Fran Afonso \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Judge Jakayra Veras Garc\u00eda said Franco made a bad decision as she addressed him during the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look at us, Wander,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Do not approach minors for sexual purposes. If you don&#8217;t like people very close to your age, you have to wait your time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had requested a five-year prison sentence against Franco and a 10-year sentence against the girl&#8217;s mother, who was found guilty and will serve the full term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Apparently she was the one who thought she was handling the bat in the big leagues,&#8221; Veras said of the mother and her request that Franco pay for her daughter&#8217;s schooling and other expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Franco&#8217;s attorney, Irina Ventura, said she would appeal the judge&#8217;s ruling: &#8220;Evidently, justice was not done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, prosecutor Luis Mart\u00ednez said he was pleased with the rulings but did not say whether the government would appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Before the three judges issued their unanimous ruling, Veras orally reviewed the copious amount of evidence that prosecutors presented during trial, including certain testimony from 31 witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a somewhat complex process,&#8221; Veras said.<\/p>\n<p>More than an hour into her presentation, Veras said: &#8220;The court has understood that this minor was manipulated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the judge continued her review, Franco looked ahead expressionless, leaning forward at times.<\/p>\n<p>Franco, who was once the team&#8217;s star shortstop, had signed a $182 million, 11-year contract through 2032 in November 2021 but saw his career abruptly halted in August 2023 after authorities in the Dominican Republic announced they were investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor. Franco was 22 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2024, authorities arrested Franco in the Dominican Republic. Six months later, Tampa Bay placed him on the restricted list, which cut off the pay he had been receiving while on administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p>He was placed on that list because he has not been able to report to the team and would need a new U.S. visa to do so.<\/p>\n<p>While Franco awaited trial on conditional release, he was arrested again in November last year following what Dominican authorities called an altercation over a woman&#8217;s attention. 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