With each passing day, new news emerges in the Vander Franco case.
The baseball player authorized lawyers Francisco Rodríguez Conzoro and Teodosio Jaquez Encarnacion to represent him in the case of his alleged affair with a minor.
Rodríguez Consoró, who previously served as a judge of the Judicial Branch of the Ninth Investigation Court assigned to the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of the National District, said his client will appear next week after the New Year celebrations.
He clarified that he personally visited Olga Tina Laverias, the chief prosecutor of the National Directorate for Children, Adolescents and Families, and the arbitrator confirmed that the baseball player had “no problem in law” requiring him to appear in the province. Puerto Plata, he said.
The prosecutor's statements were made through an interview conducted on the Zol-FM program El Zol de la muerte, where referee Jacques Encarnacion was also present.
In this radio show, the General Manager of Tigres del Lyce, Ado Vicente, is involved in the involvement in the Tampa Gambordo case.
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According to journalist Pedro Jimenez, Ado was the first to post photos of the baseball player and the little one.
Vicente is the husband of lawyer Olga Tina Laverias.
“I am ready to go to the Supreme Court. Mr. Pedro has to prove everything he said about me,” the blue manager announced in an interview on the Z Deportes program.
called by justice
Franco was summoned to appear at the district collector's office last Thursday at 11 am. Franco did not answer the call.
“By this act, lawyers Luz Díaz Rodríguez, Rosalina Trueba and lawyers Cristian Cabrera Herdia and Manuel Rodríguez Díaz are requested to submit their client, Mr. Vander Samuel Franco Aybar, to the offices of the National Directorate of Children. And the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic Adolescents and Families… Tomorrow, Thursday, December 28, 2023, based on the content of the request filed on December 20 (and therefore) “all actions related to the investigation, as well as the need of public ministry or judicial authorities related to any investigation,” says the document sent to the press.
Vander Franco was fired from his Major League team, Tampa Bay, and placed on administrative leave by MLB after the Bani native and minor scandal erupted.
The player went to the All-Star Game for the first time this year before being suspended.
He retired with a .281 average, 17 home runs, 30 stolen bases, 58 RBIs and 29 runs scored.
