The Brazilian footballer Daniel Alves He was sentenced this Thursday to four and a half years in prison by a court in Barcelona that found him guilty of having raped a woman in the bathrooms of a nightclub in that Spanish city at the end of 2022.
The judges considered it “proven that the victim did not consent and that there is evidence, in addition to the testimony of the complainant, to understand the rape as proven,” the court said in a statement, two weeks after the end of the trial.
The magistrates imposed an additional five years of supervised release, a restraining order from the victim for nine and a half years and the payment of compensation of 150,000 euros (about $162,000).. The Prosecutor's Office, which gave credibility to the complainant's story from the beginning of the investigations, requested a sentence of nine years for him, and his defense requested his acquittal.
This is how the statue looked
Much indignation was generated in Juazeiro, Bahiathe footballer's hometown, where the neighbors decided to attack the statue with which they previously honored Alves.
It was a work erected in 2020 to recognize the sporting career of the right back for clubs such as Sevilla and FC Barcelona, and in the Brazilian national team.
After learning of her sentence for sexual assault, some of her neighbors decided to put bags and tape around her to cover her completely.
Residents have submitted an official complaint to the city council to permanently remove their statue.
Alves' statue was already damaged before the verdict and that led his brother, Ney Alves, to come to his defense: “I'm just stopping by to remind you that my brother is awaiting trial. The question is: what if he proves his innocence? If he is acquitted? What will we do? “He said at the time on social networks.
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