Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves declared on Monday that he had consensual sex with a woman who accused him of sexual assault. This was a new change in his statement about what happened in a Barcelona nightclub at the end of December.
the brazilian footballer Daniel Alves testified today before the court of Barcelona and assured that the relationship with the young woman who denounced him for rape was “consented by both parties”.
The 39-year-old footballer, who has been in jail without bail since January 20, appeared on Monday before the judge in charge of the investigation, his lawyers said in a statement.
“He has assured that he did not initially tell what happened and denied sexual contact because his only priority was to save his marriage”the statement said.
alves he told the judge that there was immediate interest and sexual tension between him and his accuser. “Everything that happened inside the bathroom was a free and voluntary act, they made love and never said to stop”adds the statement.
alves had previously denied any sexual encounter with the woman who filed a complaint in January for an alleged sexual assault in a bathroom at an exclusive nightclub in Barcelona.
Two weeks before his arrest in January, alves he said in a video sent to the local television channel antenna 3 He didn’t know who the woman was.
In February, the court rejected the petition for Daniel Alves of being released.
A spokesman for the court of Barcelona where alves He said Monday he declined to comment. The lawyer representing the alleged victim and a spokesperson for the prosecution did not respond either.
The case has attracted a great deal of attention in Spainpartly because of the popularity of alvesbut mostly because sexual assaults have remained a dominant political issue since the 2016 gang rape of a teenage girl during lockdowns of San Fermin.
Source: Ambito
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