Brazilian international Dani Alves was arrested in Barcelona this Friday morning. The player presented himself at a police station in the Catalan city to give testimony, in a case in which he is accused of sexual assault.
The arrest took place as he prepared to start answering questions from inspectors, with the player being transported to the instruction court. In the early afternoon, the Public Prosecutor’s Office asked for preventive detention as a coercive measure, according to information provided by the newspaper. The vanguard.
The case of alleged sexual assault took place at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on the night of 30 to 31 December. The complainant accuses the player of groping her without consent, alleging that Dani Alves even forced touches on intimate areas inside her underwear.
Accompanied by friends, the woman informed the nightclub security guards about these attacks. The professionals activated the establishment’s protocol and called the Catalan authorities. The Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police) took the statement from the complainant, who would proceed with a formal complaint against the player on the 2nd of January.
the digital newspaper The Stenographer it’s good that the space’s video surveillance system captured the player sharing the bathroom with the complainant for 47 seconds, and it was during these moments that the alleged abuses took place. After these moments, the player and the complainant leave the bathroom together and return to their groups of friends. Ten minutes later, the player says goodbye and leaves the club. The woman is seen crying after arriving at her group, and is later escorted to security.
On January 5, Dani Alves publicly denied the woman’s accusation. Speaking to Spanish broadcaster Antena3, the player confirmed that he had been to the club that day, but denied that the case of sexual assault had occurred. “When you feel like going to the bathroom, you don’t have to ask who is there in order to go. I’m sorry, but I don’t know who that lady is.”
The winger is the third most capped player in the history of the Brazilian national team, adding 41 trophies during his long career. He was at FC Barcelona for nine seasons, also representing Sevilla, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, São Paulo and now Pumas, the Mexican league team.
O The country adds that the Mexican club would not be aware of the case involving the Brazilian player, since it had the full-back for this weekend’s game. The winger had already missed the last match, after informing the club of his mother-in-law’s death and having traveled to Barcelona.
