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Wander Franco Set to Play After Pardon | Huntsville News
Wander Franco’s baseball comeback is heating up — he’s set to play for the Dominican Republic in next week’s Central American and Caribbean Games — but his path back is clouded by a damning past. Found guilty of sexual and psychological abuse of a minor in May, Franco received a surprising pardon from a Dominican judge, who claimed he was being blackmailed. The scandal erupted last August after social media posts surfaced, leading to his suspension and, later, arrest in January over allegations of a relationship with a 14-year-old and sending money to her mother. Still on MLB’s restricted…
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