Former Brazilian Football Star Sentenced to Jail for Rape Charges

News Desk
Islamabad: A Spanish court sentenced former Brazilian footballer Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison for rape.
According to Arab News, 40-year-old Dani Alves was accused of sexually assaulting a young woman in a nightclub in Barcelona in December 2022.
In addition, the court has ordered Dani Alves, who won the Champions League three times, to do five years of probation after completing his prison sentence, and at the same time, the court ordered the footballer to pay 150,000 euros (162,000 dollars) to the victim) has also ordered to pay compensation.
The court of Barcelona said that “the victim was forced, the woman’s will was not included and there is evidence other than the testimony of the victim which proved the guilt of the accused”.
The statement said that “the court has decided that the defendant forced the complainant, threw her on the ground and sexually assaulted her against her will, during which the woman also tried to resist”.
Prosecutors had requested a nine-year prison sentence with 10 years of probation for the 40-year-old footballer.
Danny Alves, insisting in his defense that the woman’s consent was involved in the incident, plans to appeal against the court’s decision.
The victim (who has not been identified) asserted that Danny Elvis allegedly groped her without her consent and then followed her to the bathroom, whereupon the woman reported to club security. Informed the staff about this.
What did Danny Elvis say in his defense?
Throughout the trial, Denny Alves defended himself by saying that he was intoxicated on the day of the incident.
Danny Alves, who was in court during the three-day trial, testified that the sexual assault on the woman was consensual, denying allegations of hitting the girl or grabbing her by the hair.
“I’m not that kind of person, I’m not a violent person, if she wanted to go, she could have gone, she didn’t have to stay there,” Dani Alves said.
The court pointed out that the injuries on the victim’s knees were the result of Danny Eloise’s violence.
Initially, Danny Elvis told a TV channel that he had never seen the said woman, but later he admitted to having sex with the girl and said that it was consensual.
The footballer has been in police custody since his arrest in January 2023, despite pleas for bail that a court refused to release citing fears he might leave the country.
Dani Alves is a well-known name in the world of football, he won 42 trophies in his successful career, he was with Barcelona from 2008 to 2016 where he gained worldwide fame, during which he won 23 trophies.
At the time of his arrest, he was playing for Mexican club Pumas UNAM but was kicked out of the team shortly after his arrest.