Dani Alves has been jailed for four and a half years after being convicted of ra.ping a woman at a Spanish nightclub
The disgraced former Barcelona star was told he had been found guilty this morning at the Barcelona court where he was tried earlier this month after being driven to court in a police van.
The 40-year-old father-of-two – who will appeal the verdict – is now facing his first night behind bars as a convicted se.x offender.
He had been held on remand at Brians 2 Prison near the Catalan capital since his arrest in January last year.
Alves protested his innocence on February 7 after taking the stand on the last day of his three-day trial at Barcelona’s Audiencia Provincial court.
He admitted to having se.x in a toilet at upmarket Barcelona nightclub Sutton December 30 2022 with his 23-year-old female accuser, but insisted it was consensual.
The woman he was today found guilty of ra.ping confirmed Alves had forced himself on her when she gave her evidence in court behind her screen.
A friend who was with her the night of the ra.pe broke down in tears as she recalled how the victim was ‘crying uncontrollably’ after leaving the small bathroom where the incident occured.
State prosecutors had demanded a nine year prison sentence if Alves was convicted and a private prosecutor acting for the victim demanded a 12-year jail term at his trial.
Judicial officials confirmed today: ‘Daniel Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being convicted of se.xual assault.
‘The court also ordered him to stay away from his victim for nine and a half years and determined he should pay his victim 150,000 euros and pay costs.
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We need effective laws like this in Nigeria
What a shame!