{"id":296496,"date":"2023-11-14T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296496"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:25:53","slug":"dani-alves-40-will-stand-trial-for-sexual-assault-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/dani-alves-40-will-stand-trial-for-sexual-assault-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dani Alves, 40, will stand trial for sexual assault in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dani Alves will stand trial for sexual assault in Spain as former Barcelona defender faces allegations of raping a woman, 23, in a nightclub last year<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alves was arrested in January and has been held in a prison outside Barcelona<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s baffling why Guardiola sold Cole Palmer to a rival club &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has been ordered to stand trial in Spain on charges of sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub last December, a Spanish court said on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alves, 40, was arrested on January 20 and has been held in a prison outside Barcelona. If found guilty he could face a jail sentence of four to 15 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Brazil international, who also played for Sevilla, Juventus and PSG, has denied any wrongdoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a document signed by three judges, the investigation court No. 15 in Barcelona, which is yet to set a date for the proceedings to begin, said there were sufficient grounds for Alves to stand trial, following requests by the public prosecutor and the woman&#8217;s lawyer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In August, judges formally indicted Alves after finding evidence of suspected wrongdoing by the former right back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/77785475-12748021-image-a-4_1699973838566.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Barcelona and Brazil defender Dani Alves has been ordered to stand trial in Spain on charges of sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub last December<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/73831909-12748021-Dani_Alves_is_pictured_with_his_wife_the_model_Joana_Sanz_in_a_p-a-3_1699973727609.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alves is pictured with his wife, the model Joana Sanz, in a Instagram post in January 2022 before the claims were made.\u00a0Joana Sanz appeared to confirm she&#8217;d split from Alves in March<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The statements of the alleged victim and the witnesses statements and experts&#8217; reports that appear in the case must be considered as sufficient for this purpose, without prejudice to the final outcome following the plenary phase,&#8217; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>Under Spain&#8217;s sexual consent law passed last year, sexual assault takes in a wide array of crimes from online abuse and groping to rape, each with different possible punishments.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Dani Alves insists the &#8216;only person I have to apologise to is my wife&#8217; after sexual assault allegations despite facing up to 15 years in prison, as he again pleads his innocence<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/01\/08\/68767291-12359729-Sanz_appeared_to_confirm_they_had_split_with_Alves_conceding_she-a-13_1690875915426.jpg\" height=\"255\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>A case of rape can carry a maximum sentence of 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Alves said\u00a0previously: &#8216;<span>It will be proven that I am not guilty and it was a consensual relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It would never cross my mind to impose a sexual act on anyone.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>His wife, the model Joana Sanz, appeared to confirm she had split from the footballer in a social media post\u00a0dated March 15.<\/p>\n<p>In a handwritten letter, she said &#8216;it will take years to erase from my memory his way of looking at me&#8217; and &#8216;here is a strong woman moving on to the next stage of her life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alves was held in custody at Brians 1, a prison in Catalunya at the centre of a number of controversies.<\/p>\n<p>Parlament de Catalunya sobre Departamentos Especial de R\u00e9gimen Cerrado (DERT) heard that prisoners had been locked up for up to 21 hours a day in 2017 testimonies.<\/p>\n<p>One inmate died by suicide after nine months kept in isolation, reportedly tied up on multiple occasions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two prison officials were convicted for ill-treatment of an inmate in September 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Alves was later moved to neighbouring Brians 2 &#8216;for his own protection&#8217;, according to Marca.<\/p>\n<p>Manu Marlasca said on Onda Cero the move was common for high-profile inmates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brians 2, meanwhile, is where eccentric tech guru John McAfee was found dead in his prison cell in June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell was also once held at the prison.<\/p>\n<p>Brians 1 and 2 are known as the Catalan jails for &#8216;famous people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/72288317-12748021-The_former_Barcelona_Juventus_and_Paris_Saint_Germain_defender_i-a-2_1699973721467.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain defender is being held at Brians 2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/14\/73831527-12748021-Cristobal_Martell_L_defence_lawyer_for_Dani_Alves_attends_a_hear-a-17_1699973992728.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cristobal Martell (left), defence lawyer for Dani Alves, attends a hearing to decide on the appeal against his client&#8217;s detention without bail at the Barcelona Audience court, June 9 2023<\/p>\n<p>Alves won 42 titles &#8211; including three Champions Leagues with Barcelona and two Copa Americas with Brazil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is widely considered as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, having been a full international for Brazil since 2006 and the nation&#8217;s second most-capped player of all time, making 126 appearances and scoring eight goals.<\/p>\n<p>Alves became the oldest Brazilian to play in a FIFA World Cup by playing in his nation&#8217;s defeat against Cameroon in the final round of Group G games.<\/p>\n<p>The right back famously\u00a0played for Barcelona from 2008-2016 and briefly returned to the LaLiga team for the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12748021\/Dani-Alves-stand-trial-sexual-assault-Spain-Barcelona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dani Alves will stand trial for sexual assault in Spain as former Barcelona defender faces allegations of raping a woman, 23, in a nightclub last year Alves was arrested in January and has been held in a prison outside Barcelona It\u2019s baffling why Guardiola sold Cole Palmer to a rival club &#8211; 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