Overview

• Dominican police detained the 24-year-old in Baní on Tuesday and took him to a private facility at his relatives’ request.
• Authorities emphasized the hospitalization is separate from his court cases and that no additional counts were filed.
• A screen recording of an Instagram Live captured part of Franco’s interaction with officers before the stream cut off.
• Days earlier, Franco said on social media that $16,000 was stolen from a resort; his attorney said it was found, a claim Franco rejected.
• In June, he received a two-year suspended sentence for sexually abusing a minor; he still faces a pending firearm charge, is on MLB’s restricted list without pay, and would need a new U.S. visa to rejoin the Rays.