48 hours ago, Dani Alves He received a severe setback in the sexual assault case in which he is accused of abusing a 23-year-old girl at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona late last year while on vacation in the Catalan city. The Court of Barcelona, in charge of Eduardo Navarro, confirmed that the player will remain in custody until the trial is held for the case.
Decisive hours for Dani Alves: when will it be decided whether to continue in prison or be released and the confession to his wife
The 39-year-old footballer is serving a month in jail after being accused of a sexual assault against a young woman in Barcelona
In a 13-page letter where details were given of the reasons for Alves to continue behind bars, the salient points indicated that the evidence in the case against the former footballer of the Catalan team “are diverse and do not start only from the statement of the victim”, since the testimonies of witnesses and of the disco workers themselves “endorse in one way or another” what the woman who suffered the abuse from the experienced defender declared.
After knowing the judicial resolution, the program four a day of Spanish TV revealed the reaction that the Brazilian had after knowing that he will continue in prison. “Since the lawyer communicated the decision, the footballer has remained silent and alone in his cell”, they expressed in the shipment. In addition, they indicated that Alves “He did not leave his cell not even to eat”.
Dani Alves will remain in prison until the trial for the sexual assault case is held
The Barcelona Court decided that the 39-year-old footballer should continue to be detained at the Brians 2 center and without the possibility of paying bail to be released
On the other hand, in the segment they also explained the attitude that other prisoners had before the definition of whether Alves was going to continue in the detention center Brian’s 2 the iba to be released. “He was overwhelmed by the bets his colleagues were making on whether or not he was going to get out of jail”They said according to prison sources from the place where the soccer player who has the record for the most titles in history resides.
Mayka Navarro, one of the journalists who has been following the case from the beginning, explained in the Ana Rosa Program from Telecinco that Alves is alone in his cell. And You will have to make some decisions regarding your visits to the prison.. “He has to decide whether or not he accepts that his parents go to see him, until now he did not want to see anyone, he was isolated and had a special shame that his mother saw him behind bars.”
In addition, Navarro recounted the words that the 39-year-old player would have said to his lawyer Christopher Martell after learning the news that he will continue to be detained. He “told him that he was prepared for everything, that he knew it was very difficult to be released. That he was calm, secure and at peace with himself, that he knew the truth of what happened in those 16 minutes in the Sutton’s private bathroom. He keeps insisting that he was consensual sex.”
A special role in football, a curious partner and what he asked for his cell: this is Dani Alves’ life in prison
The Brazilian soccer player is about to complete a month inside the Brians 2 prison in Barcelona after his alleged sexual assault on a woman in a nightclub
Faced with this scenario, it will be necessary to see what are the steps to follow on the part of Dani Alves’ defense lawyer. Martel has already given some indications of the steps that he will follow after the publication of a statement that he disseminated to the media in Spain.
“Daniel Alves Da Silva continues to be as innocent as he was before the ruling was handed down. His will to leave Spain and avoid the process was and is non-existent. The resolution is asymmetric. It uses as evidence the statements of charge offered by the police report and, on the other hand, the defense elements offered by the defense differ for the Oral Trial,” said the report that was signed as “the defense.”
“That we work and row to prove his innocence”, said Martell when asked what Alves had told him after the resolution of the Barcelona Court. It must be remembered that in Spain, these types of crimes are governed by the law for the comprehensive guarantee of sexual freedom: prison sentences range from 1 to 4 years if the sexual assault is confirmed. In the case of rape, the penalty is greater: from 6 to 12 years.
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