Former Barcelona and Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being found guilty of sexual assault.
The Catalonia court found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub early on New Year’s Eve in December 2022.
The victim alleged that Alves raped her in a bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub.
He was also ordered to pay 150,000 euros to the victim.
The 40-year-old ex-right-back was arrested in January 2023 on suspicion of touching a woman below her underwear without her consent.
The court found Alves sexually assaulted his victim early in the morning of Dec. 31, 2022, when she said he raped her in a bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub.
Alves has been detained since his arrest and had requests for bail denied as the court considered him a flight risk. Brazil does not extradite its own citizens when they are sentenced in other countries.
He denied any wrongdoing during the trial. The court’s decision can be appealed.
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