
5-year sentence sought for Franco; verdict Thu.
created: June 24, 2025, 12:16 a.m. | updated: June 24, 2025, 4:59 a.m.
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic -- Dominican prosecutors requested on Monday that suspended Tampa Bay Rays player Wander Franco, who faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes, be sentenced to five years in prison.
During raids on the house of the minor's mother, prosecutors say they found $68,500 and $35,000 that they allege was delivered by Franco.
"We are requesting a five-year prison sentence for the proven crime of sexual abuse against a minor," prosecutor José Martinez said.
The prosecutors also requested that Franco be sentenced to prison in Puerto Plata and that the minor's mother be sentenced to 10 years in prison, arguing she sexually trafficked her daughter.
Franco's lawyers also asked the court to clear Franco of the charges and to dismiss the case.
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