Dominican prosecutors requested on Monday that suspended Tampa Bay Rays participant Wander Franco, who faces expenses of sexual abuse involving a woman who was 14 years outdated on the time of the alleged crimes, be sentenced to 5 years in jail.
The prosecutors stated in courtroom there’s ample proof to show Franco had a relationship with the minor for 4 months and that he transferred massive sums of cash to the minor’s mom to consent to the unlawful relationship.
The prosecutors additionally requested the minor’s mom be sentenced to 10 years in jail, arguing she sexually trafficked her daughter.
In a earlier listening to, prosecutors described the proof introduced as “convincing” and “compelling.”
Paperwork that prosecutors introduced to the decide final 12 months and have been seen by The Related Press alleged that Franco, via his mom Yudelka Aybar, transferred 1 million pesos ($17,000) to the mom of the minor on Jan. 5, 2023, to consent to purported abuse.
Franco was in his third main league season when his profession was halted in August 2023. He agreed to an 11-year, $182 million contract in November 2021. He’s at the moment on Main League Baseball’s restricted record after initially being positioned on administrative depart.