By Joiner Martínez
23 Feb 2024, 17:22 PM EST
The Provincial Court of Barcelona sentenced former Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves to four and a half years for having sexually assaulted a young woman at the Sutton nightclub in the Catalan city.
In addition to continuing to be detained in the Brians 2 center, intended for prisoners for crimes of a sexual nature, the former defender must pay the victim more than $150,000 as compensation for the moral damage and injuries suffered.
Alves will not be able to communicate with the complainants by any means and will not be able to get closer than 1,000 meters to the victims of the case.
Alves was provisionally detained on January 20, 2023 until it was later confirmed that he would remain in prison until the trial.
In prison, the former defender spends a good part of his day in solitude. He is installed in a cell for individual use within the module in the penitentiary center that is intended for prisoners imprisoned for crimes against sexual freedom.
In addition, it was learned that Alves does not enjoy privileges compared to the rest of the inmates, since he was chosen to carry out cleaning and maintenance tasks, which forces him to have to wake up at an early hour, before the rest of the inmates. Therefore, he is allowed not to share his place with others and thus not disturb the other inmates of the prison.
Once Alves finishes his tasks for the day, the winger who played in three World Cups with Verdeamarela (2014, 2018 and 2022), spends much of his time doing physical exercises in the patio that has the module where he is detained, same place where he will remain until serving his sentence.
The sentence of four years and six months in prison was made effective by the Barcelona Court after the Prosecutor’s Office requested 9 years in prison, in addition to 10 years of supervised freedom.
In the private accusation, brought by the complainant, she requested 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty provided for in the Penal Code for that crime.
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