The woman’s voice and image were changed to prevent the Spanish Justice files from having elements that could identify her. A screen prevented any visual contact between her and Daniel Alves during the testimony.
Friend cries and is pressured to defend
A friend of the complainant who was at Sutton that night of December 30, 2002, also gave evidence. The young woman spoke for about half an hour and cried a lot as she related her version of the events that occurred at the club. She had to interrupt her statement twice due to intense crying.
The woman stated that the complainant was found “crying inconsolably”. “I’ve never seen her cry like that in my life.” The witness also explained that her friend repeated “he hurt me a lot, he hurt me a lot”. “In the end, the three of us cried because we didn’t know how to react,” she said, referring to the complainant and her cousin, who was with the two that night.
She wanted to leave and I told her not to; that she had to report.
“They won’t believe me,” the woman allegedly insisted. After talking for a long time with her friend, she decided to go to the hospital for a criminal examination.
2024-02-05 14:38:48
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