Dani Alves’ lawyer argued that the complainant does not show signs of rape: how she justified the knee injuries

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Dani Alves is being held in Barcelona awaiting trial for alleged sexual abuse against a young woman (Photo by Ulises Ruiz / AFP)
Dani Alves is being held in Barcelona awaiting trial for alleged sexual abuse against a young woman (Photo by Ulises Ruiz / AFP)

The hearings continue in the Barcelona court for the alleged case sexual abuse What does the footballer face? Dani Alvesaccused of having raped a young woman in the bathroom of the disco Sutton of Barcelona on December 30 and the Brazilian’s lawyer, Christopher Martellinsisted before the Justice that the complainant did not present injuries compatible with a rape.

The lawyer who took up the defense of the former Pumas de México side appeared this Thursday before the third section of the Barcelona Court to substantiate the hypothesis that his client and the 23-year-old woman had consensual sexual relations and deepened that, according to the medical report provided by the hospital clinic, the victim does not have vaginal lesions compatible with dry intercourse or marks that prove that it has been reduced by force.

Furthermore, according to statements by Martell published by the Spanish newspaper The vanguardthe injuries that the woman presented in her knees were the product of the small bathroom dimensionsscene where the event occurred.

What is under discussion at this time is the issue of provisional release of the 39-year-old footballer, who has been staying for a month in one of the cells in the center Brian’s 2. The defense requests this resource, ensuring that his client will not flee and will appear as many times as the court requests until the trial is carried out. The prosecutor Elisabeth Jiménez, meanwhile, opposes this argument due to the accumulation of evidence and the risk of flight by Alves, since in Brazil there are no extradition agreements with Spain.

Dani Alves is in prison in Barcelona for allegedly raping a 23-year-old girl in a Catalan nightclub (REUTERS/Henry Romero)
Dani Alves is in prison in Barcelona for allegedly raping a 23-year-old girl in a Catalan nightclub (REUTERS/Henry Romero)

The complainant’s lawyer, Ester García, confirmed that Dani Alves could flee to Brazil, since the defendant has financial resources to falsify documentation, take a private plane and land in his country of birth. In addition, the lawyer insisted that the idea of ​​releasing the former FC Barcelona would be an attack on the psychological integrity of the victim, who is under psychiatric treatment. “What cannot be is that he is free while she has to be locked up”he expressed.

The subject has aroused interest throughout Spain and there are cross versions about what happened. On the side of Dani Alves, they affirm that there was consent and that at no time were the alleged victim and her friends seen in the images of the discotheque uncomfortable in the presence of the player, and that their story contradicts what was stated in police headquarters. The complaint speaks of a subjugation and sexual assault of the Brazilian against the will of the young woman.

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