Overview
- The June 2025 verdict that gave Franco a two-year suspended sentence was vacated, and the victim’s mother also received a retrial after her 10-year sentence.
- Prosecutor José Martínez Montan said he remains confident in the evidence, while defense attorney Teodosio Jáquez argued the first trial had many omissions.
- No date has been set for the retrial, which follows an initial proceeding delayed when most scheduled witnesses failed to appear.
- Franco remains on MLB’s restricted list as the league continues a separate investigation under a policy that allows discipline without a criminal conviction.
- He also faces a separate case over alleged illegal firearm possession stemming from a November 2024 incident in the Dominican Republic.