Dani Alves trial: Ex-Brazil player guilty of nightclub rape - BBC News

A court in Spain has sentenced Alves, who played for Barcelona and Brazil, to four and a half years.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Dani Alves was first arrested in January 2023 and has been in pre-trial detention ever sinceBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsA court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub.

He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early hours of 31 December 2022.

His lawyer had asked for his acquittal and said she would appeal against the verdict.

A lawyer for the victim welcomed the verdict, saying that it "recognises what we have always known: the truth [as told] by the victim and the suffering there has been".

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