Dani Alves claims he was drunk during alleged rape
Dani Alves has given a new version of events at the Sutton nightclub, saying he was drunk.
Former player Barcelona, Dani Alves, He has now said for the first time that he was drunk on the night he allegedly raped a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub, which could be a mitigating factor and reduce his sentence if he is found guilty of sexual assault.
As reported by the ARA newspaper and confirmed by legal sources, the defense of the Brazilian player, who is a lawyer Ines Guardiolastates that the state of intoxication Alves This reduced his cognitive abilities so that he was not aware of his actions.
The lawyer asks to justify Daniel Alves to a Barcelona court that will sentence him next February, arguing that it is not true that he raped a young woman who reported him on the same night as the events, December 30, 2022.
However, in his letter he also indicates that the football player was drunk when he invited the victim and her two friends to a separate room Nightclub Sutton from Barcelonain the bathroom in which the rape allegedly occurred, which, if proven, could be a mitigating circumstance.
This circumstance adds a new element to the four versions that the former player Barcelona football club He told the court what happened in the nightclub toilet after his arrest in January last year.
After his arrest, he claimed that he did not know the victim, later admitted that he met a young woman in the toilet of a nightclub and nothing happened between them, and finally, when the judge compared his explanations with biological evidence, he stated that he gave the girl a blowjob by mutual agreement.
In April last year, when the results of biological tests were received that detected sperm residue Daniel Alves in the intimate parts of the victim, the football player again gave evidence to the instructor at his own request.
In this speech, he admitted for the first time that he had consensual vaginal sexual relations with the victim, and claimed that he lied the first time to hide his infidelity from his wife.
Former player Barça He will be tried in the 21st section of the Barcelona court from February 5 to 7.
Prosecutors are seeking nine years’ imprisonment for the footballer they accuse of committing a sexual offense and compensation of 150,000 euros to the victim, while a private prosecution filed by the victim calls for a twelve-year prison sentence. maximum punishment for rape.