{"id":55332,"date":"2023-08-17T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/17\/in-our-legislation-there-are-no-consensual-relationships-between-a-minor-and-an-adult-dominican-attorney-makes-grim-assessment-about-wander-francos-alleged-entanglement-with-underage-women\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T18:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:12:06","slug":"in-our-legislation-there-are-no-consensual-relationships-between-a-minor-and-an-adult-dominican-attorney-makes-grim-assessment-about-wander-francos-alleged-entanglement-with-underage-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/17\/in-our-legislation-there-are-no-consensual-relationships-between-a-minor-and-an-adult-dominican-attorney-makes-grim-assessment-about-wander-francos-alleged-entanglement-with-underage-women\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;In our legislation, there are no consensual relationships between a minor and an adult&#8221; &#8211; Dominican attorney makes grim assessment about Wander Franco&#8217;s alleged entanglement with underage women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"4075561\" data-slug-id=\"1631978\">\n<p>Wander Franco&#8217;s alleged relationship with a 14-year-old girl (the Tampa Bay Rays star is 22) has quickly become the talk of baseball. After being removed from the game on Sunday, the MLB has opened an investigation into the relationship and the social media posts that surfaced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MLB looking into social media posts involving Rays shortstop Wander Franco\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMW-zLhEk1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/youtube\" data-embed=\"JMW-zLhEk1w\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/ad1ae-16922768049912-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/ad1ae-16922768049912-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s in the early stages, and those involved believe it could take quite a long time. Nevertheless, Juan Recio, a Dominican attorney, has already stated that there are no excuses, even differing cultures and norms, for this.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Recio laid bare how this situation is being treated via Tampa Bay Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to understand that in our legislation, there are no consensual relationships between a minor and an adult. There are no mitigating factors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Regardless of how other countries do things, there is no excuse for this kind of relationship according to Recio.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>How the world is taking the Wander Franco allegations<\/h2>\n<p>Others believe baseball is a pure enough sport that this kind of thing has to be treated with the utmost importance. ESPN Deported reporter Enrique Rojas said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBut one thing is for sure: Baseball is both a conservative and family-oriented sport. While some individuals might remain unaffected by a tarnished reputation, that\u2019s not the case in baseball. It\u2019s rare to hear about a baseball player being involved in such a relationship. And even in a country as liberal as this, there\u2019s a strict stance against offenses related to sexual activities with minors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Rays fans are disappointed in Wander Franco\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=840 840w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Rays fans are disappointed in Wander Franco\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/5229e-16922767330310-1920.jpg?w=840\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201277%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Rays fans are disappointed in Wander Franco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Dominican <a href=\"http:\/\/sportskeeda.com\/team\/tampa-bay-rays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Rays<\/a> fan says he&#8217;s not interested in supporting Wander Franco in any facet after this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe allegations are so serious that they can impact the future of one of our best players. I would no longer like to support him as a player, because he is involved in something so delicate.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rays shortstop Wander Franco placed on restricted list amid MLB investigation\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2L6fYaBFvJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/baseball\/youtube\" data-embed=\"2L6fYaBFvJU\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/7ded6-16922768154470-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/08\/7ded6-16922768154470-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many fans are disappointed with Franco. It is very important to note that he has denied these allegations and it is currently an investigation. 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