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[Pedro Cerrano]

Ummm Wander Franco is/was dating a 14 year old?

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Ummm Wander Franco is/was dating a 14 year old?

Interesting to see how this all plays out legally. Has to be a distraction for the Rays. Are they gonna throw him out there going forward and just pretend the cat aint out of the bag

[BSLChrisStoner]

He missed time earlier in the year due to a personal / clubhouse distraction.

Gotta think the Rays are going to have to address this right away.

[Pedro Cerrano]

They put him on the restricted list

[BobPhelan]

The one guy they paid up for…

[Mackus]

Lose McClanahan to injury and perhaps Franco to pedophilia? Damn that's a rough weekend for the Rays.

Is there any details on this story? I can't find anything.

[Pedro Cerrano]

I would imagine more stuff will come out this week.

[Chris B]

Lose McClanahan to injury and perhaps Franco to pedophilia? Damn that's a rough weekend for the Rays.

Is there any details on this story? I can't find anything.

Nothing much out there aside from twitter.

It originates from one Spanish account that has some screenshots and photos and seems to have taken off from there.

Has to be some sort of truth if it went as far as the Rays holding him out of todays game.

[CantonJester]

Yeah, that's rape. Even in Florida. 

[TwentyThirtyFive]

So what I heard is she told him she was 18 and her mom let it continue because well its a rich athlete and the plan was to extort him. No clue if thats accurate. Would think ultimately that wouldnt matter but if he truely thought she was 18 and the mom was allowing it and also acting like she was 18. Maybe he has some out??

[Mackus]

So what I heard is she told him she was 18 and her mom let it continue because well its a rich athlete and the plan was to extort him. No clue if thats accurate. Would think ultimately that wouldnt matter but if he truely thought she was 18 and the mom was allowing it and also acting like she was 18. Maybe he has some out??

 

Not even in Florida is this a valid defense.

[Pedro Cerrano]

Statutory rape is, unless I’m mistaken, strict liability.

[mdrunning]

Lose McClanahan to injury and perhaps Franco to pedophilia? Damn that's a rough weekend for the Rays.

Is there any details on this story? I can't find anything.

All I've seen is that the accuser is his 19-year-old ex. We'll see, I guess.

[makoman]

Statutory rape is, unless I’m mistaken, strict liability.

5 minutes of googling says this is true in Florida.

 

Also the age of consent is apparently 16 if the other person is under 24, Franco is 22. 

[BaltBird 24]

That contract could end up a total disaster for TB.

[makoman]

That contract could end up a total disaster for TB.

It’s hard to void contracts. If the player was in prison you’d probably have a good case. But that’s getting way ahead of ourselves.

[CantonJester]

It’s hard to void contracts. If the player was in prison you’d probably have a good case. But that’s getting way ahead of ourselves.

 

You would think an organization as thrifty as the Tampa Bay Rays would’ve done a background investigation. 

 

Curious what happens if there is evidence of a sexual relationship with a minor - what happens to his immigration status? 

[Steve55]

Its odd if you Google his name there are multiple links on him but none say what he did. All just say he wasn't in the lineup and then left the dugout early in the game.

 

Then you find out later.

[NewMarketSean]

The relationship apparently took place in the DR, where the age of consent is also 18.

 

I think he's finished.

[CantonJester]

Jeff Passan tweeted that Franco didn’t travel with the team out to SF. 

 

This could just be due diligence, or we don’t know the half of what the ball club does.