Ex-Barca, Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of sexual assault

Former Barcelona and PSG defender Dani Alves was sentenced to 4 and a half years in jail for sexually assaulting a lady outdoors of a Barcelona nightclub in December of 2022. Moreover, he should pay the sufferer €150,000.

He may also be positioned on 5 years of probation upon launch, and a nine-and-a-half-year restraining order may also be implement.

“The sentence considers that it has been confirmed that the sufferer didn’t consent, and that there’s proof, along with the testimony of the plaintiff, to think about the rape confirmed,” the court said in a statement.

The sufferer had alleged that Alves took her into a rest room within the VIP part of the membership earlier than forcing her to have intercourse with him regardless of repeated pleas to be let go.

In accordance with a buddy of Alves’ who was there that night time, Alves drank wine and whiskey previous to heading out to the nightclub. Whereas on the membership, Alves and a lady had been dancing and reportedly exhibiting “chemistry.” In accordance with the buddy’s account, the lady appeared tremendous after she and Alves returned from the toilet.

The Brazilian nationwide crew participant was arrested the subsequent month, and continued to alter his story as extra proof appeared. First, he stated he didn’t know the sufferer, then stated that he met her however they didn’t do something within the lavatory. As soon as organic proof got here again, Alves stated that she consensually gave him oral intercourse, then maintained that the intercourse was consensual, and lied on account of not wanting his spouse to seek out out about it.

In accordance with the sufferer, she willingly danced with Alves and went to the toilet with him. She stated that she wished to depart, and he wouldn’t let her, slapping her within the face, insulting her, and raping her — which Alves denied throughout trial.

“If she wished to depart, she may have left, she was not obligated to be there,” he said during his testimony.

Alves initially was going through as much as 9 years in jail if discovered responsible. His legal professionals instructed reporters that Alves plans to attraction his sentence.

“We’re glad because the sentence acknowledges what we’ve been saying all alongside: That the sufferer was telling the reality and that she suffered,” the sufferer’s lawyer, David Saenz, instructed ESPN. He added that his crew would look into if the sentence corresponds to the severity of the crime.

Alves had been taking part in for Pumas UNAM in Mexico, however had been dropped from the crew following the arrest.