Wander Franco “is facing allegations of improper relationships with TWO teenage girls after a 17-year-old filed a complaint against the Rays star in July,” according to Dominican media investigating the new allegations.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic obtained criticism in July from a 17-year-old lady who allegedly had a relationship with Tampa Bay Rays All-Star Wander Franco, according to the authorized skilled’s job posting.
The provide knowledgeable a Dominican newspaper Libre magazine on Monday, when the minor submitted the utility on July 17.
The report additionally added that it’s not the similar underage girl whose alleged relationship with 22-year-old Franco went viral on social media on Sunday.
The investigation is being led by Justice of the Peace Olga Dina, head of the National Directorate of Boys, Girls, Adolescents and Families, and is going down in Bani, Franco’s hometown.
The age of consent in the Dominican Republic is eighteen.
Sources knowledgeable Diary of El Nuevo newspaper that MLB detectives and brokers from the Attorney General’s Office traveled to Franco’s hometown of Bani to examine the allegations.
Major League Baseball detectives are already in the Dominican Republic investigating viral allegations that Tampa Bay Rays All-Star Wander Franco had a relationship with an underage lady.
Major League Baseball detectives are already in the Dominican Republic investigating allegations of an inappropriate relationship.
On Monday, Franco agreed to be positioned on baseball’s roster, a day after social media rumors linked him to a minor in his residence state.
“We can confirm that we have opened an investigation,” an MLB official instructed DailyMail.com on Tuesday. “Other than that and what the Rays said yesterday about the agreement with Franco to put him on the restricted list, we have no other comment at this time.”
The shortstop didn’t accompany the Rays on their six-game highway journey to San Francisco and Anaheim. Tampa Bay defeated the Giants 10-2 in the opener of the three-game set.
Franco’s placement on the restricted checklist is off-limits for highway journeys, and whereas a member should not be required to have his wage lined, a provider instructed ESPN that Tampa Bay will honor his $2 million wage.
A office at the Dominican Republic’s authorized skilled base is believed to have obtained criticism in July from a 17-year-old who allegedly had a relationship with Vander Franco, Diario Libre newspaper reported.
Rumors of a attainable relationship broke out earlier than Sunday afternoon’s residence sport kick-off against the Cleveland Guardians. Franco was overlooked of the lineup for halftime, says Ray, according to supervisor Kevin Cash. He sat in the dugout for the first 5 innings, then left.
Franco hosted an Instagram Live session from the clubhouse and denied the expertise.
“They say I’m hanging out with a younger lady, that I’m walking around with a minor. How stupid is that, dude? People don’t know what to do with their time. Go look,” he mentioned in Spanish.
“Those people need to maneuver. One is targeted proper right here, doing my issue, you see, for God’s sake. So I select to be addressed and never intrude with anybody as a result of of a lot of individuals’s gossip.
