Overview

• Authorities say Franco was taken by police to a private clinic in Baní at his family's request and faces no new charges.
• The development followed his recent social-media claim that $16,000 was stolen at a resort, which his attorney called a misunderstanding before Franco insisted the money was missing.
• A Dominican court in June convicted Franco of sexually abusing a minor and imposed a two-year suspended sentence.
• Prosecutors also secured a trafficking conviction against the girl's mother, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• Franco remains on the Rays' restricted list with pay halted since 2024, his MLB return and U.S. visa status uncertain as a separate 2024 firearm case continues in court.