Dani Alves was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The former FC Barcelona player was found guilty of the 2022 rape of a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub.
“The victim did not consent and there is evidence which, beyond the testimony of the complainant, allows the rape to be considered proven,” wrote the Barcelona court. This sentence is much lower than that of nine years in prison required by the prosecution.
A “violent attitude”
Alves, who has been in pre-trial detention for more than a year and will be able to appeal this verdict, was also ordered to pay 150,000 euros to the victim, to 5 years of supervised release once his sentence has been served and to remain away from the victim for nine and a half years.
Danis Alves (40 years old) was tried two weeks ago for having raped this young woman in the toilets of a VIP room at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona, on the night of December 30 to 31, 2022. After offering champagne to the complainant, her cousin and a friend, he allegedly invited her to accompany him to an adjoining room and then had a “violent attitude” towards the young woman.
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