Documents that prosecutors presented to the judge last year and were viewed by The Associated Press alleged that Franco, through his mother, Yudelka Aybar, transferred the equivalent of $17,000 to the mother of the minor on Jan. 5, 2023, to consent to the abuse.

Key prosecution witnesses testified in the trial of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who faces charges of sexual abuse against a minor, before the Puerto Plata Collegiate Court in the Dominican Republic.