The public prosecutor’s office has requested a nine-year prison sentence for former Barça footballer Dani Alves for sexual assault with penetration. The State Ministry considers there is enough evidence to bench the footballer accused of raping a young woman in the toilets of the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona in December 2022 and has also requested that he the young woman will be banned from coming within one kilometer of it once she has served her prison sentence.
In its letter published this Thursday, the public prosecutor’s office also calls on Alves to pay the victim of the sexual assault compensation of 150,000 euros for the “physical and psychological consequences” as well as for the “moral damage caused”. He also requests that the measure of supervised release be imposed for a period of ten years, which will also apply after the prison sentence has been served (if convicted).
In parallel, the prosecution has opposed a new defense request for the release of Alves, who remains in preventive detention since his testimony at the Barcelona court on January 20. The player’s new lawyer, Inés Guardiola, had requested that he be released pending trial, which is expected to take place in early 2024. Both the victim’s defense and private prosecution will be carried out in the coming days. will present their summaries. of the conclusions.
The court in Barcelona completed the investigation into the case and ordered the opening of a trial against Alves based on strong evidence of a crime. The footballer gave up to three contradictory versions in his testimony before the examining magistrate, which cemented his entry into prison, which he has not left since.