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- Dominican baseball player Wander Franco found guilty of sexual abusing minor</p>
<p>June 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM</p>
<p>(Reuters) -Dominican professional baseball player Wander Franco was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor and handed a suspended sentence of two years in prison, a Dominican court ruled on Thursday.</p>
<p>Franco, who was also fined the equivalent of 10 minimum wages in the Dominican Republic, will avoid jail time if he meets certain conditions laid out by a judge.</p>
<p>Franco, 24, a former shortstop for Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, was accused of maintaining a relationship with a 14-year-old girl with the consent of her mother.</p>
<p>Prosecutors said the acts took place in his native Dominican Republic and involved payments and travel arrangements that constituted exploitation.</p>
<p>The victim's mother was convicted on Thursday and sentenced to 10 years in prison and issued fine equal to 30 payments of the country's minimum wage.</p>
<p>The attorney general's office had requested a prison sentence of five years for Franco and 10 for the girl's mother.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Natalia Siniawski and Nina Lopez; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle)</p>
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