Dani Alves will remain in prison. Two weeks after the end of the trial against him, the Provincial Court of Barcelona found the former footballer guilty of having sexually assaulted a young woman at the Sutton nightclub, in the Catalan city, on December 30, 2022, and sentenced him to a sentence of 4 years and 6 months in prison.
In addition to continuing to be detained in the Brians 2 center, intended for prisoners for crimes of a sexual nature, the right back who played in the Brazil national team must pay the victim the sum of 150 thousand euros as compensation for moral damage and injuries. suffered. For the crime of minor injuries, another 9,000 euros must be added to that.
Beyond this, the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia established that Alves will not be able to communicate with the complainants by any means and that he will not be able to get closer than 1,000 meters to the victims of the case.
In the hours before the sentence was announced in the case that shocked the world a little over a year ago and for which the player himself was provisionally detained on January 20, 2023 until it was later confirmed that he would remain in prison. Until the trial, it was known what Dani Alves’ life is like in prison. The Spanish newspaper El Periódico gave details of the former footballer’s days.
The first thing to mention is that the former PSG defender, who will turn 41 next May, spends a good part of his day alone. He is installed in a cell for individual use within the module in the penitentiary center that is intended for prisoners imprisoned for crimes against sexual freedom. According to the Iberian media, Alves does not enjoy privileges compared to the rest of the inmates.
After sharing the first weeks of his stay in Brians 2 with another detainee, he was then left alone in his cell. The reasons? He was chosen to perform cleaning and maintenance tasks, which forces him to have to wake up at an early hour, before the rest of the inmates, so he is allowed not to share his place with others and thus not disturb the others. prison inmates.
Once Alves finishes his tasks for the day, the winger who played in three World Cups with Verdeamarela (2014, 2018 and 2022), spends much of his time doing physical exercises in the patio that has the module where he is detained, same place where he will remain until serving his sentence. The Spanish newspaper indicated in its report that the Brazilian tries to keep his physical condition in good condition, even though in the images that were released after his appearance at the trial, he appeared to be deteriorating.
“The accused abruptly grabbed the complainant, threw her to the ground and, preventing her from moving, penetrated her vaginally, even though the complainant said no, that she wanted to leave the private bathroom where the rape took place in the nightclub,” the police said. sentence handed down by the court of Section 21 of the Barcelona Court. In addition to this, he understands that “this complies with the type of absence of consent, with the use of violence, and with carnal access,” he added in relation to the resolution against Alves.
“For the existence of sexual assault, it is not necessary that physical injuries occur, nor that there be evidence of heroic opposition by the victim to having sexual relations,” they considered. At the same time, the court specified that “in the present case we also find injuries on the victim that make more than evident the existence of violence to force his will, with subsequent carnal access that is not denied by the accused,” They indicated after the multiple versions that the player gave throughout the judicial process. At first, Alves dismissed the sexual encounter, then declared that he was consented to by both in his five statements before the judges who handled the case.
The sentence of four years and six months in prison was made effective by the Barcelona Court after the Prosecutor’s Office requested 9 years in prison, in addition to 10 years of supervised freedom. In the private accusation, brought by the complainant, she requested 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty provided for in the Penal Code for that crime.
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