Prosecutors request five years in prison against Wander Franco

The Dominican authorities indicate that it has been proven, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Franco committed the crimes of sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking, for which he is accused.

The judicial process that is carried against Wander FrancoTorpedo de Tampa Bay RaysIn Puerto Plata, he has reached his stage of conclusions.

On the morning of this Monday, June 23, the prosecutors in charge of the accusation that follows against the player in Puerto Plata, to the north of the Dominican Republic, have requested that the player in front of five years in prison, as well as a fine of ten minimum wages of the public sector for having presented all the evidence that allegedly shows that Franc He committed sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking against a minor.

According to the facts raised by the Dominican authorities in their accusation, which they reiterated during the hearings: “Franco Aybar kidnapped for sexual purposes for several days to the victim, in the municipality Villa Montellano, in the Puerto Plata province, and then sent high sums of money to his mother to prevent him from denouncing him”, While indicating that the money was used by the defendant to acquire goods.

During their exhibition the prosecutors detailed all the elements of the alleged relationship between Franc And the minor, indicating that it began in December 2022 and remained for several months, in which the player, allegedly, delivered high sums of money to the young woman’s mother.

The prosecutors pointed out that after several months of relationship, it began to suffer problems as a consequence of the deterioration of the situation between mother and daughter, at which time, according to the evidence provided by the authorities, more money began to demand more money Franc who delivered, according to estimates made in the accusation, around 7 million Dominican pesos (approximately 117 thousand US dollars).

The degeneration of the relationship between mother and daughter reached her worst point, according to prosecutors, at the moment when the first reached her sister’s house and launched an enormous sum of money in a black garbage bag (2.7 million pesos).

In the case of the mother of the minor, prosecutors requested that she be sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of 30 minimum wages.

Franco’s defense rejects accusation against the player

After completing the Prosecutor’s Office to present their arguments and conclusions, the lawyers of Franc They took the floor and immediately began to discredit the accusation against the player.

The defense of Franc based his allegations that the evidence presented by prosecutors do not link to each other to demonstrate a link between Franc And the facts that prosecutors describe in their accusation, according to Irina VenturaPelotero’s lawyer.

They pointed out that no evidence shows that Franc delivered directly or ordered the delivery of money to Martha Vanessa Chevaliermother of the child. Additionally, they point out that prosecutors did not present evidence or images of facts that point like Franc He picked up the minor in a helicopter.

The defense of Franc It also points out that there is no proof that indicates that there has been a public relationship between the player and the minor.