Dani Alves, uncommunicative in prison: more details are known about the Brazilian’s case for alleged sexual assault

Dani Alves has spent his first night locked up in the Brians 1 prison. The former Barça winger is accused of an alleged crime of sexual assault which, for the moment, has already led to his admission to provisional prison without bail by order of the owner of the trial court number 15 of Barcelona.

How are your first hours in prison being?

According to various Catalan media, the Brazilian player barely had dinner and has barely eaten since he entered prison this Friday. The ex-Barça winger, who has received a protocol visit from different professionals (doctors, psychologists…) has been relatively calm, but also emotionally affected and not very talkative during the little more than 24 hours that he has been in jail. The vanguard He informs that he did not make the call to which he is entitled, since he does not have his telephone number and does not remember by heart the number of any family member or close person. He will be in Brians I for several months, until the trial. At the moment, she is in the preventive module, awaiting destination.

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How is your wife doing?

Joana Sanz, Alves’ wife, is experiencing very difficult times, since the full-back’s imprisonment is compounded by the fact that his mother died a few days ago. “I ask that the media outside my home please respect my privacy at this time. My mother passed away a week ago. I have only just begun to assume that she is no longer around to be tormented with my husband’s situation. I have lost the only two pillars of my life. Have a little empathy, instead of looking for so much news in the pain of others, thank you ”, she has written on her social networks.

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What is Alves accused of?

The winger has been accused of a crime of sexual assault. According to the victim’s statement, which the investigating judge considers “forceful and persistent”, the player forced her into a bathroom located in a private room at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on the night of December 30-31.

Woman who accuses Dani Alves denounced that the player beat her and raped her in a nightclub, after forcibly locking her in the bathroom

Why is there a risk of flight with Dani Alves?

The judge appreciates that there is a risk of flight by the soccer player and, with this, there is the possibility “of avoiding legal action.” The magistrate supports it because of Alves’ economic capacity, his dual Brazilian and Spanish nationality and because he resides in Mexico. In addition, Brazil does not have extradition agreements with Spain, which would increase the risk that the soccer player tries to flee from Spanish justice and take refuge in his country of origin with no option for Brazil to send him back.

What penalties are you exposed to?

Dani Alves is facing an alleged crime of assault. After the last legislative modification by the ‘Law of yes is yes’, the penalties range between four and twelve years in prison when the assault consists of vaginal, anal or oral carnal access.

What does Dani Alves declare?

The soccer player acknowledges that he was at the disco, but maintains that it was for a short period of time and denies the sexual assault that the victim attributes to him. A story that, in the opinion of the investigating judge, incurs contradictions with the evidence collected by the Mossos, who have questioned several witnesses, including the security personnel of the Sutton nightclub. They have also collected biological samples in the sink where the events allegedly occurred and have viewed the local security cameras. As reported by TV3, the soccer player has declared three different things: first, he said that he did not know the girl whom he allegedly sexually assaulted, then he commented that he had seen her but that nothing happened, and finally he affirmed that she was the one that was thrown at him. In addition, apparently and according to regional television, the winger behaved completely narcissistically, believing himself unpunished, during his entire presence before the judge investigating his case.

What measures has your current club adopted?

Pumas has fired Dani Alves after his imprisonment. The president of the Mexican club, Leopoldo Silva, confirmed at a press conference that they are rescinding the defense’s contract because Pumas “is an institution that promotes respect, upright, dignified and professional behavior on and off the field of its players and players because They are a role model in their lives in Mexico and anywhere in the world and we cannot allow the conduct of any person to harm this work philosophy”.

Have there been other active footballers imprisoned in Spain?

Recently, there have been three cases that have ended with active footballers sentenced to prison terms. The Villarreal central defender, Rubén Semedo, was sentenced by the Provincial Court of Valencia to five years in prison for crimes of kidnapping, robbery, injury and illegal possession of weapons. He spent 142 days in the Picassent jail.

The Levante player Toño García spent three weeks in the Teruel prison accused of one crime of money laundering and another of belonging to a criminal organization within the framework of an extortion network.

The striker Santi Mina, for his part, has been sentenced to four years in prison. The player has appealed the sentence and the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia agreed that he continue to be released pending the progress of the process, pending a clarification of the sentence requested by the soccer player’s lawyer and the appeals announced against the first ruling. The player signed for a club in Saudi Arabia and the court does not consider that there is a risk of flight. (D)