:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/mentormedier/FVVPOZB4WJILKSTQPUMJ7SY3XE.jpg "Dani Alves sentenced to over four years in prison for rape – Dagsavisen")
In addition, he must pay 150,000 euros in compensation to the victim. This corresponds to NOK 1.7 million.
The Brazilian was accused of assaulting a woman in a nightclub in Barcelona on 30 December 2022. He himself has always denied all forms of sexual abuse.
In his explanation, he repeated that they had voluntary sex, and that he had not acted violently.
– Never. I’m not that kind of man, said Alves.
Asked for nine years
He explained that the victim had touched his genitals while they were dancing and that she had voluntarily joined him in the toilet. There, the victim performed oral sex on him before they had intercourse, the Brazilian said.
Alves was arrested on 20 January last year. He was then summoned for questioning by the police after a visit to Spain. He was not granted bail, because the court considered it likely that he would leave the country if released.
The prosecution wanted to sentence Alves to nine years in prison, while the defenders of the victim wanted him to get twelve years.
Merited
Dani Alves was one of the world‘s most successful footballers with a number of titles for clubs such as Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain. He was part of two Copa America titles with Brazil and is also an Olympic winner with the country.
As late as 2022, the right-back was part of the Brazilian squad in the Qatar World Cup.
His contract with Mexican club Pumas was immediately terminated after his arrest.
(©NTB)