His legal team also proposed he post bail of 50,000 euros ($54,000) or hand over his two passports to guarantee he would remain in Spain.
Brazilian footballer Dani Alves reacts at the start of his trial at the High Court of Justice of Catalonia in Barcelona, on February 5, 2024. – Brazilian footballer Dani Alves, a former star at Barca and PSG, goes on trial in Barcelona accused of raping a woman in a local nightclub. Prosecutors are asking for a nine-year prison sentence, followed by 10 years of conditional liberty. They are also asking he pay 150,000 euros in compensation to the woman.
His legal team also proposed he post bail of 50,000 euros or hand over his two passports to guarantee he would remain in Spain while his appeal is heard, the sources added. Alves, who spoke at the hearing by videoconference from prison, assured the judges he would not flee and said he had faith in the justice system.One of the world’s most decorated footballers who played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Alves, 40, was sentenced on February 22 after being convicted of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. His lawyers swiftly appealed the conviction.
The victim, who testified behind a screen to protect her identity, said Alves had violently forced her to have sex in a private bathroom of the nightclub despite begging him to release her, causing her “anguish and terror”, prosecutors said. Alves’ lawyers had argued the victim had been “glued” to the player while dancing at the nightclub, saying there was “sexual tension” between them.But in its 61-page decision, the court said that did not mean “that she consented to anything that might have subsequently happened”.
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