Puerto Plata.-.The baseball player from Major Leagues, Wander Franco attended this Monday to the Colegiado Court of the Judicial District of Puerto Plata, where the ruling of the new trial he faces for alleged child sexual abuse will be issued, in one of the judicial processes with the greatest public repercussion in the country.
The presence of the Dominican shortstop at the Palace of Justice has generated intense media attention, while dozens of people remain outside the court awaiting the decision that will define the judicial and professional course of the player.
In the courtroom is also Martha Vanessa Chevalier, mother of the involved teenager and co-defendant in the case file. The Public Ministry requested a 10-year prison sentence for her, alleging alleged complicity in the investigated events.
Against Franco, the accusing body requested a sentence of five years in prison, in addition to the payment of a fine equivalent to 10 minimum wages, after assuring that there is sufficient evidence to compromise his criminal responsibility.
The case has held attention in both the Dominican Republic and the United States, due to the player’s sporting relevance, who is currently on the restricted list of the Tampa Bay Rays.
It is recalled that last year Franco was sentenced in the first instance to two years of suspended imprisonment under rules of conduct, a decision that subsequently led to the holding of a new trial.
The Collegiate Court of Puerto Plata was specially enabled to hear this process, whose ruling could mark a decisive point in the career of the young Dominican baseball player.
