{"id":119407,"date":"2026-05-25T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/wander-franco-convicted-of-abuse-court-suspends-sentence-mother-sentenced\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:01:09","slug":"wander-franco-convicted-of-abuse-court-suspends-sentence-mother-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/wander-franco-convicted-of-abuse-court-suspends-sentence-mother-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"Wander Franco Convicted of Abuse: Court Suspends Sentence, Mother Sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wander Franco Sentenced for Abuse: Court Issues Sentence Without Effective Imprisonment<\/h2>\n\n\nPuerto Plata \u2013 Dominican baseball player Wander Franco has been sentenced for sexual and psychological abuse against a minor. The Collegiate Court of Puerto Plata issued the sentence this Monday, although it determined that Franco will not serve effective prison time for the case.\n\nThe court decision also includes a three-year prison sentence for Vanesa Chevalier, mother of the involved teenager, for acts that violate the Penal Code.\n\nDuring the reading of the sentence, the court highlighted that Franco was considered both the accused and a collateral victim due to alleged economic extortions by the minor&#8217;s mother.\n\n\u201cThe court understands that in this process the defendant was also a victim of the circumstances presented,\u201d said the president of the court when explaining the decision.\n\nThe court dismissed the charge of criminal association filed by the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, arguing that the conduct attributed was limited to a single person.\n\nThe Public Ministry had requested a five-year prison sentence for the Major League player, in addition to the payment of ten minimum wages. For Chevalier, it requested a sentence of ten years.\n\nThe court was composed of magistrates Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n N\u00fa\u00f1ez, Jenny Amarilis Mart\u00ednez and Praire Ruiz.\n\nAdditionally, the court ordered the delivery to the minor of a financial certificate of RD$2.1 million, deposited in the Banco Agr\u00edcola, upon reaching the age of majority.\n\nCurrently, Franco is under administrative leave from Major League Baseball, while his legal and professional situation continues to develop. The shortstop belongs to the Tampa Bay Rays.\n\nThe judicial process was sent back for a new trial after, in December 2025, the Court of Appeals of the Judicial Department of Puerto Plata annulled the first sentence issued.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wander Franco Sentenced for Abuse: Court Issues Sentence Without Effective Imprisonment Puerto Plata \u2013 Dominican baseball player Wander Franco has been sentenced for sexual and psychological abuse against a minor. The Collegiate Court of Puerto Plata issued the sentence this Monday, although it determined that Franco will not serve effective prison time for the case. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[2761,3049,1778,3386],"class_list":{"0":"post-119407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-puerto-plata","9":"tag-sexual-abuse","10":"tag-tampa-bay","11":"tag-wander-franco"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}