A court in Spain has sentenced former Barcelona FC and Brazil defender Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of s3xual assault.
Sky Sports reports that Dani Alves was found guilty by Catalonia’s top court of s3xually assaulting a woman at an upscale Barcelona nightclub early on New Year’s Eve in 2022.
This month’s three-day trial culminated in a decision by a three-judge panel in a Barcelona court. Throughout the trial, Alves, 40, denied any misconduct. He has the right to challenge the ruling.
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The victim claimed that Alves had s3xually attacked her in the restroom of a posh Barcelona nightclub early on December 31, 2022, and the court determined this to be true.
Alves’s accuser’s attorneys wanted a 12-year sentence, but state prosecutors had asked for a nine-year term. His defense requested his acquittal or, in the event that he was found guilty, a one-year term along with €50,000 (£43,000) in damages for the victim.
