Love At First Sting 2024-07-13 Love At First Sting - Last update images today Love At First Sting Grizzlies Coach: Morant Cleared For Full Contact Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was placed on the restricted list Wednesday, a day after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic levied three charges against him for an alleged sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl, sources told ESPN. Franco, 23, had previously been on administrative leave as part of a deal between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association. The agreement included a provision that administrative leave, during which Franco was paid, would end if he was charged. Once the administrative leave ended, the Rays requested MLB place Franco on the restricted list for failing to report to the team. The league granted the request and moved Franco to the restricted list, where he will not be paid and not receive major league service time. Franco was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse, sexual exploitation against a minor and human trafficking after prosecutors spent more than six months building the case against him. The charges carry a potential sentence of up to 20 years. The move to the restricted list is not a disciplinary action by the league, which is investigating Franco but will not hand down potential discipline against him under its domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy until the charges are resolved. Because Franco cannot leave the Dominican Republic under his bail agreement, his inability to report allowed the Rays to pursue the placement of Franco on the restricted list. "We are aware of the charges against Mr. Franco," MLB said in a statement Wednesday. "Our investigation remains open, and we will continue to closely monitor the case as it moves forward." According to a nearly 600-page document obtained by ESPN in January outlining the evidence prosecutors gathered, Franco started a relationship with the 14-year-old girl when he was 21. Franco, prosecutors alleged, paid the girl's mother $1,700 a month and gave her a new car. Dominican authorities charged her Tuesday with money laundering. Franco, who made his first All-Star team last year, signed an 11-year, $182 million contract in November 2021, less than a year into his major league career. He was paid around $550,000 this year -- a prorated 50% of his $2 million salary -- before his move to the restricted list, according to sources. The preliminary hearing for Franco's criminal case will be Aug. 14, a source told ESPN's Juan Arturo Recio. When reached by ESPN, Wander Franco's U.S.-based lawyer, Jay Reisinger, indicated he had just received the official charging documents and declined comment. Scorpions Love At First Sting Vegas 2024 500 RR24 Scorpions GENERAL Post 118480196 Love At First Sting Scorpions 1024x649 Love At First Sting 9781573442817 Xlg 7878a30afc0f55c64970ff3cc408e285 320331a2 Emp ?sfrm=png Attachment Scorpions Band Photo 2015 ?w=980&q=75 61uckqdhocl E1515967171590 ?fit=500%2C181&ssl=1 Scorpions Love At First Sting Tour 2024 SCORPIONS LoveAtFIrstStingTour2024 D NQ NP 2X 640917 MLM43001908345 082020 F Sting Tour Setlist 278x300 Scorpions Vinilo Love At The First Sting Sting Live Getty 1 1392x884 1597 Scorpions 1984 Love At First Sting Mostra 08bca88184b6f794cc86bfe02bd5ad13 7f4f495e1ed5c01c8a632c3777035340 R 8268376 1458951872 4319 Love At First Sting 54e30729e046a L Intro 1697680047 612738?crop=16 9&width=660&relax=1&format=webp&signature=qnGWf4uY8Xu7UGqQbAZiGqHSdl8= Maxresdefault ScorpionsLAFSCD1 600x534 Sting MNishada 3908 Color Hi Res 683x1024 768832 M1708016982 C950f6a792cfb5d33ab85e22a5852c0b 1200?cb=20150113140354 000HFK8W41RTUTI6 C461 F4 Sting8002020 10 20 Tumblr Nm156uBjRH1u7wp2mo1 640 Sting LiveShot Photo Credit Martin Kierszenbaum