Prosecutors accuse Rays shortstop Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation, money laundering
Dominican prosecutors on Wednesday accused Wander Franco of commercial sexual exploitation and money laundering following allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor whose mother also faces the same charges.
Prosecutors requested that a judge hold Franco on an $86,000 bond, bar him from leaving the Dominican Republic and place him under house arrest. They noted the money laundering charges stem from allegations that Franco made payments to the minor’s mother.
Prosecutors also asked that the judge prohibit the minor’s mother from leaving the country and place her under house arrest.
“These measures requested by the Public Ministry seek to guarantee the integrity of the process,” the ministry said in a statement.
Prosecutors on Wednesday also delivered evidence to a judge who is expected to soon rule on Franco’s future.
The judge is scheduled to analyze the documents and other evidence collected during a monthslong investigation and issue a ruling Friday in a courtroom in the northern Dominican Republic province of Puerto Plata, where the alleged act occurred.
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