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 sentence, though the sanction was suspended with the restriction that he not approach minors.

Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty on Thursday of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and received a suspended two-year prison sentence. In order to avoid serving prison time,

Wander Franco was accused of having a relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, and of transferring thousands of dollars to her mother to consent to the illegal relationship.