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Brazilian soccer star Daniel Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being found guilty of rape.
“The victim did not give her consent and there is evidence that rape took place,” ruled today the court in Barcelona.
The verdict was handed down this morning in the presence of Alves.
Dani Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022 and been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. pic.twitter.com/Q5UFW4wdqD
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 22, 2024
The crime was committed in a nightclub in Barcelona on December 30, 2022. Alves denied the allegation, but he changed his story several times, first claiming he never saw the victim and then claiming the sexual act was consensual.
Alves spent a little more than a year in custody until the case was closed, as the court judged that he was at risk of absconding. The footballer can appeal the sentence to the appeals court, and the maximum punishment for this act is 12 years behind bars.
🚨🇧🇷 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | Dani Alves sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for sexual assault.
Plus 5 years of supervised release + incommunication with the victim for 9 years and 6 months.
He will also pay compensation of €150,000 and legal costs, reports @partidazocope. pic.twitter.com/ojVjbSm43z
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) February 22, 2024
The 40-year-old Brazilian is one of the most decorated players in football history. He is a six-time champion of Spain with Barcelona, and with the Catalans he has also won the Champions League three times, the Spanish Cup four times, the country’s Super Cup four times, the European Super Cup three times and the Club World Cup three times. Alves became the champion of Italy with Juventus and two-time champion of France with Paris Saint-Germain and won the Copa America twice with Brazil.
Alves has a total of 43 trophies in his career, trailing only Lionel Messi in this indicator.
