Rays’ Franco criminally responsible for sexual abuse of minor but will not be jailed
Girl’s mother sentenced to 10 years in prison
Shortstop has yet to contact his team
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was declared criminally responsible for the sexual and psychological abuse of a minor, but he will not serve a sentence, a Dominican judge ruled on Monday.
In his decision, Judge José Antonio Núñez considered that Franco had been the victim of extortion and blackmail by the minor’s mother, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually trafficking her daughter.
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