On Friday the Supreme Court docket in Spain absolved Dani Alves of a rape conviction, upholding an enchantment made by the previous Barcelona and Sevilla participant a 12 months beforehand. Alves was convicted in February of 2024, and was resulting from serve 4.5 years in jail, having already spent 14 months in custody since handing himself in.
After the choice, Alves’ lawyer, Ines Guardiola, spoke to RAC1 concerning the determination, as recounted by Sport.
“We’re very comfortable; justice has lastly been executed. In fact we anticipated it; he’s harmless and it has been confirmed. We’re very excited,” Guardiola remarked, however mentioned she was not but positive whether or not Alves would search damages.
On the flipside, Ester Garcia, the lawyer for the accuser within the case, famous that her consumer was distraught by the decision.
“When it comes to the authorized aspect of issues, we should enchantment the ruling. The consumer’s emotional state should be taken under consideration, she is psychologically destroyed. For her, it’s been two years of hell,” she instructed the Catalan every day.
“[She is] Very disenchanted, unhappy, and one way or the other it felt like she was again within the lavatory the place the incident befell.”
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There have been numerous high-profile instances in Spanish soccer in recent times, with ahead Santi Mina and right-back Hugo Mallo convicted of sexual assault.
“[It is] a setback, each legally and socially, within the struggle in opposition to sexual violence. [It could] discourage ladies from reporting sexual assault.”
“Questioning whether or not a girl was dancing in a nightclub earlier than being sexually assaulted shouldn’t be a debate for the twenty first century.”
Alves’ unique sentence additionally noticed his passport confiscated, and €150k damages payment as a result of sufferer. He has been dwelling in Barcelona since his launch on bail in March of 2024, after he filed his enchantment in opposition to the conviction.