Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves sentenced to over four years in prison

The 40-year-old has already served a year of provisional imprisonment in Brians 2.

Former footballer Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for raping a 23-year-old girl in the bathroom of a private room at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on the night of December 30-31, 2022. The Barcelona Court of Appeal has announced the sentence two weeks after the trial began.

The four-and-a-half-year prison sentence is due to the fact that the ex-footballer has already partially compensated the victim by paying a compensation of €150,000 last summer as compensation for the damage caused. The court also sentenced him to probation for five years, once the prison sentence has been served, and a ban on approaching the victim within 1,000 metres or communicating with her by any means for nine years.

The 40-year-old has already served a year of provisional imprisonment in Brians 2. The court found that the victim’s version was solid and had not changed throughout the proceedings, unlike that of the former Brazil international. The court does not consider it proven that the amount of alcohol ingested on the night of December 30-31 influenced Alves’ behaviour to the point of being a mitigating factor, as the defence had intended to demonstrate.

During the trial, the victim confirmed her story, behind closed doors, saying that Alves forced her to have sex. She voluntarily entered the bathroom of the private room, but according to her testimony, when she wanted to leave, Alves prevented her from doing so. The two friends who were with her that night testified that the player had a “slimy” attitude and also said that after leaving the bathroom, the victim was devastated and told them that Alves had hurt her “a lot”.

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