Report: New trial ordered for Rays SS Wander Franco in sexual abuse case
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A Dominican Republic appeals court ordered a new trial for Wander Franco, less than six months after the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop received a two-year suspended prison sentence for sexual abuse of a minor, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Franco, 24, and the mother of the victim were sentenced in June, nearly two years after investigators opened the case into hi