Dani Alves indicted in sexual assault case
On August 3, the Court will directly notify Alves of the judge's decision to prosecute this defender. The jury will then discuss a sentence, possibly around 10 years in prison, and then set a trial date for later this year or early 2024.
The Barcelona court ended the investigation after conducting the final test - psychological examination of the victim to determine the extent of trauma after being sexually assaulted. Ultimately, the court concluded that there was sufficient evidence that Alves sexually assaulted the 23-year-old woman.
Alves was jailed for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a nightclub in Barcelona on December 30, 2022. But the 40-year-old defender denies any wrongdoing and insists the sex with the accuser was consensual.
Alves' attorneys have not yet commented on the July 31 court announcement.
Alves was detained at the Mossos d'Esquadra de Les Corts, Barcelona on the morning of January 20, spent three days in Brians 1 prison, then transferred to Brians 2 - where most of the prisoners were sex offenders. . The former Barca and PSG defender has been denied bail three times and has to stay in prison until his case is brought to trial. The last time took place on June 12, when the Barcelona court rejected the application for bail because of the possibility that Alves fled Spain, returning to his homeland Brazil - which does not extradite citizens abroad.
Alves' attorneys attempted to discredit the 23 woman and other witnesses by presenting security camera footage showing Alves and the victim flirting at a nightclub, but were unsuccessful. The court concluded that flirting should not be "justification for a sexual assault".
In addition to Alves being a star who played for Sevilla and Barca, the case has attracted considerable attention in Spain because sexual assault has remained a prominent political topic since the gang rape of a teenager. 2016 during the San Fermin bull run, which led to the tightening of sexual violence laws in the country.
In Spain, a rape investigated under the general allegation of sexual assault and convicted can carry a prison sentence of four to 15 years. Conviction of such a crime also opens the way for victims to receive financial compensation to compensate for physical, physiological and honorable harm.
After Alves was arrested for alleged sexual assault, his wife, model Joana Sanz, filed for divorce. The Spanish model also moved out of her home in Barcelona - at Alves' request, moved to Madrid and is said to have started a new relationship with a businessman.
Alves is the most successful player in football history with 43 collective titles, including one with Bahia club (Brazil), five with Sevilla (Spain), 23 with Barca (Spain), two with Juventus ( Italy), five with PSG (France), one with Sao Paulo (Brazil) and six with the Brazilian team. The Brazilian defender played for UNAM club in Mexico from the summer of 2022, but was terminated by this team after being arrested.
