Daniel Alves

The Brazilian soccer player was found guilty of raping a woman in a nightclub in December 2022 and sentenced to four years and six months in prison

The former Barça soccer star, convicted of raping a woman at a Barcelona nightclub, cannot access his bank accounts in Brazil and is seeking alternative sources of cash

A Barcelona court also ordered him to surrender his passports and prohibited him from approaching the victim, a young woman he sexually assaulted in a nightclub in December 2022

The Barcelona High Court is evaluating the request of the former soccer player, convicted of sexual assault, to be released from prison pending a final sentence

A Spanish court considers it a proven fact that the former FC Barcelona player penetrated the victim vaginally without her consent, in what amounts to the first major trial following Spain’s new ‘Only Yes Means Yes’ law

His accuser has testified that Alves raped her in a bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub early in the morning of Dec. 31, 2022

As the trial begins, the victim, who always expressed fear that her identity would be revealed and that nobody would believe her account due to Alves’ fame, will testify behind closed doors

State prosecutors are seeking a nine-year prison sentence if Alves is convicted while the lawyers representing the alleged victim want 12 years

The 40-year-old Alves has been in pre-trial jail since January when he was arrested for allegedly assaulting the woman at a nightclub in Barcelona on Dec. 30

The Brazilian soccer player told the judge in a Barcelona court that he was not in agreement with the findings of the investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a nightclub in Barcelona

The Brazilian soccer player has been in custody since January on accusations he sexually assaulted a woman at a nightclub in Barcelona on Dec. 30

The number of footballers involved in cases of sexual violence has sparked debate on how clubs, fans and the media should proceed

The defense team of the former FC Barça player is now arguing that as the victim did not suffer any vaginal injuries, the act was consensual

Cristóbal Martell, who represented the Argentina captain in his tax fraud trial, has been brought in to defend the soccer player, who remains in preventive custody due to flight risk

The Brazilian player gave three different versions of events in court and was considered a flight risk

A judge agreed with state prosecutors after hearing the testimonies of the player, his accuser and a witness that he should remain jailed

The former Barça defender has been accused of having abused a woman in a nightclub last December, an accusation that he has denied in a statement to Spanish television