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Wander Franco in big trouble

pollythewog
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20 hours ago, Das Texan said:

Trevor got fucked and not in a good way.

Trevor had receipts which he was finally able to release.

I still hope he sues MLB and the Dodgers for damages and wins a lot.

I also hope my Cardinals would just fucking sign him.

If there's still other accusations out there that need to be cleared, then, ya know. IDK.

 

If all has been cleared then back to the league.

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    Now they're saying he paid off the mother of a 14 year old girl to keep quiet or something like that. If so then yea there's no defense here, he knew what he was doing and it was no mistake and then he's making it worse trying to cover it up.

    You're an MLB player, potentially a great one, you can get any girl you want, but you choose underage girls??? I don't get it.

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    3 hours ago, Admin said:

    Of course you don't get it, nor do I. But we're also not pedophiles like he appears to be.

    This is a disgusting and disturbing story. It somehow keeps getting worse also.

    I do like pedocures though

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    12 hours ago, SilverBullet said:

    Now they're saying he paid off the mother of a 14 year old girl to keep quiet or something like that. If so then yea there's no defense here, he knew what he was doing and it was no mistake and then he's making it worse trying to cover it up.

    You're an MLB player, potentially a great one, you can get any girl you want, but you choose underage girls??? I don't get it.

    Yeah, this is all on him then.  Lock him up.

     

    What a moron.

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    Aww hell nah. Lock that creep up.

    Zero sympathy for him.

    Knew what he was doing was wrong and pursued it and kept at it in a creepy way and clearly illegally.

    This way past the point of "well maybe he didn't know or was tricked" and it's way past that weird line where they might not have been bad intentions. 

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    1 hour ago, SilverBullet said:

    Aww hell nah. Lock that creep up.

    Zero sympathy for him.

    Knew what he was doing was wrong and pursued it and kept at it in a creepy way and clearly illegally.

    This way past the point of "well maybe he didn't know or was tricked" and it's way past that weird line where they might not have been bad intentions. 

    100% agree.  Lock him up.

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    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/wander-franco-to-face-lesser-charges-in-dominican-republic.html

    Some of the details have changed in the case against Rays shortstop Wander Franco, per a report from Martín Adames Alcántara of the Associated Press. He was originally accused of commercial and sexual exploitation and money laundering in the Dominican Republic but will now face the lesser charge of sexual and psychological abuse.

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    Franco was recently released on bail after paying a bond of 2 million Dominican pesos, equivalent to around $34K USD. He is free to leave the country but has to report to Dominican authorities monthly as the investigation continues.

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    ...the U.S. government could revoke his visa on the grounds he’s a threat to public safety based on the charges against him. That’s per Amy Maldonado, who serves as outside counsel for major league clubs but not the Rays.

    “Barring a full exoneration in this case, where it comes out that this was all made up, I don’t see him very likely coming back anytime soon, if ever,” said Javad Khazaeli, a former prosecutor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who now works in private practice. “The likelihood he would come into the U.S., even if he had a valid visa that wasn’t revoked, is minimal, Khazaeli also said. “If I was his immigration attorney, I would tell him not to even try. Then he would open himself up to being detained at the border (by U.S. Customs and Border Protection) and being put into custody here until an administrative adjudication of these claims.”

    The attorneys add that Franco would be barred from the United States if convicted. Rosenthal’s piece was published prior to the AP report of the lesser charges but that conclusion would still apply if the new charge is considered “crime of violence” and punishable by more than a year in prison. In that scenario, it would still be considered an aggravated felony and result in a permanent ban from the United States. Franco has a five-year P-1A Athlete visa but Khazaeli says the burden is on the foreign citizen to prove they warrant admission. The Immigration and Nationality Act includes a provision that allows the government to deny admission to a foreign citizen if it determines there are reasonable grounds.

    Rosenthal also looked into the possibility of the Rays voiding the remainder of their contract with Franco, but there’s no precedent for such a result. In November of 2021, Franco and the Rays agreed to an 11-year, $182MM extension that runs through 2032.

     

    More at link above.

    Edited by rmc523

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    5 minutes ago, Michael said:

    Hmm ... interesting.

     

    Regarding the contract voidance, wouldn't this be the same idea as "firing with cause" and thus, contract can go bye-bye?

    One would think.

     

    But I wonder if it's very specific language for these kinds of contracts?

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