Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Thursday ... Another man and a woman also were detained in the confrontation. Two firearms were seized, police said.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case ...

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco's sexual abuse trial got underway ... Another man and a woman also were detained in the confrontation. Two firearms were seized, police said.

Related: As Wander Franco heads to trial ... heated dispute of a passionate nature” with another man over a woman. Franco’s relationship with the minor has been an issue since first surfacing ...