Dani Alves was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months for sexual assault

Dani Alves was sentenced to four years and six months for sexual assault by the court of section 12 of the Barcelona Court, made up of three magistrates. In addition to five years of supervised release, removal and incommunicado detention of the victim for 9 years and 6 months, as well as compensation of 150,000 euros and payment of costs.

The trial ended on February 7, after three long sessions, and 15 days later the judges’ decision came.

The events occurred in a booth at the Sutton nightclub, in Barcelona, the night of December 30 to 31, 2022.

The former footballer was imprisoned on January 20, 2023, so he has been in the Can Brians 2 penitentiary center for just over a year.

Dani Alvez He changed his initial story and always maintained that the relationships were consensual. The complainant, for her part, has always maintained her statement.

The Brazilian faced a maximum sentence of twelve years according to article 179 of the Penal Code. According to the legal text, if the sexual assault occurs with penetration, the punishment is four to twelve years.

It should be noted that the prosecutor requested nine and the private prosecution, the maximum, twelve. On the other hand, alcohol, as stated in articles 20 and 21, could be considered a mitigating substance, something that I tried to cling to in his defense.

Behind the Hearing of Barcelonathe Brazilian footballer’s defense can still appeal to the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia and, subsequently and in the event that the verdict remains unfavorable, at the Supreme Court. Provisional release, until now, has been denied systematically by the court in the face of a high risk of the player fleeing.