The Bastille Day parade in 2017 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris inspired Donald Trump to plan a military parade in Washington to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.

At least the legal process has come to a close. Franco was found guilty on Thursday by a three-person panel (Dominican courts do not use a jury) on charges of sexual abuse against a minor.

Suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was convicted of sexually abusing a child and handed a two-year suspended sentence Thursday. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of ...

A court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, found baseball player Wander Franco — of the Tampa Bay Rays — guilty of abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor and imposed a two-year prison ...

MLB star Wander Franco was convicted of sexual abuse and received a suspended two-year prison sentence in the Dominican Republic ...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, left, reacts after hearing his sentence during his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop charged in a sexual abuse case, was found guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence.

Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and received a suspended two-year prison sentence Thursday.

Wander Franco, who is still under contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, was convicted of sexual abuse in a Dominican court Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop, has been found guilty in a sexual abuse case but received a two-year suspended sentence.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and received a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time.