Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been arrested after a battle Sunday in the car parking zone of an condo advanced the place weapons had been drawn, ESPN reported Monday.
According to the ESPN report, police sources mentioned, “Franco and an unnamed girl had been being held for questioning following the altercation.”
Franco has been on Major League Baseball’s restricted listing since July, when prosecutors in the Dominican Republic accused him of getting a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old woman. He faces costs together with sexual exploitation of a minor and human trafficking.
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The one-time star shortstop’s baseball profession stays in limbo till the costs surrounding the sexual exploitation case in the Dominican Republic are adjudicated. If convicted, Franco might resist 20 years in jail.
MLB can be investigating the Rays shortstop below its home violence, sexual assault and baby abuse coverage.
Tampa Bay gave Franco an 11-year, $182 million contract extension in 2021, simply 70 video games into his profession.
This story was initially printed by Scripps News Tampa.
