Dani Alves was acquitted of the crime of sexual aggression by the Catanlunya Supreme Court of Justice, the EFE service said.
The civil and criminal halls of the Supreme Court unanimously appreciates the appeal by the Brazilian player’s defense.
Why was Dani Alves acquitted?
In the ruling, according to the Avant -Garde, the court considers the sentence “contained a series of vacancies, inaccuracies, inconsistencies and contradictions in the events”.
The TSJC also pointed out the “lack of credibility” of the young complainant’s testimony “in the part of objectively verifiable history to refer to the fact that there is a video recording”, since “history does not correspond to reality”.
Former Barcelona footballer made the news of the decision this Friday, March 28, to the company of InĂ©s Guardiola’s lawyer. “We are very happy because justice has been done,” he said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper.
What is the conviction they had given to Dani Alves for sexual assault?
Dani Alves was sentenced by the Barcelona audience in four years and 6 months in prison for violating a young woman at Suton Disco in the Catalan capital in December 2022.
In addition, freedom was imposed for 5 years after the sentence was fulfilled in prison.
The court also dismissed the resources submitted by the prosecutor’s office, who requested to increase the sentence to nine years in prison and for the private category, which has called for an increase in twelve years.
Dani Alves spent a year and two months in preventive detention and was temporary in March 2024, paying a guarantee of 1m euros.
Source: univision

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