Coverage dated June 25, 2025

Baseball player Wander Franco found guilty in sexual abuse case, imposed two-year suspended sentence

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By José Álvarez (CNN) — A court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, found baseball player Wander Franco — of the Tampa Bay Rays — guilty of abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor and imposed a two-year prison sentence, though the sanction was suspended with the restriction that he not approach mi…

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  1. New York Post

    Wander Franco found guilty of sexually abusing minor (opens New York Post)

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    Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in his native Dominican Republic.

  2. Local News 8

    Baseball player Wander Franco found guilty in sexual abuse case, imposed two-year suspended sentence (opens Local News 8)

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    By José Álvarez (CNN) — A court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, found baseball player Wander Franco — of the Tampa Bay Rays — guilty of abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor and imposed a two-year prison sentence, though the sanction was suspended with the restriction that he not approach mi…

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Baseball player Wander Franco found guilty in sexual abuse case, imposed two-year suspended sentence | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By José Álvarez (CNN) — A court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, found baseball player Wander Franco — of the Tampa Bay Rays — guilty of abuse

  4. Green Field Reporter

    Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop charged in a sexual abuse case, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who…

  5. Fox News

    Rays' Wander Franco found guilty in child sex abuse case (opens Fox News)

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    Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and received a two-year suspended prison sentence.

  6. Salon

    Former Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor (opens Salon)

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    Wander Franco of the Tampa Bay Rays was handed a two-year suspended sentence for sexual abuse of a minor.

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