Alves, from prison: “If they tell me that night that a young woman is accusing me of rape, I will go to the police station”

brazilian soccer player Daniel Alves was arrested on January 20 in Barcelona, ​​accused of rape of a 23-year-old girl in the bathroom of a nightclub in Barcelona on December 30. After testifying in court, he was sent to prison. He was on Brians II for five months. During this time he changed his version of what happened that night several times. And he repeatedly asked for his release. But his appeals were rejected. He will remain in temporary prison until the trial. Because of “indications of criminality” and the danger of flight.

Alves approved Vanguard his first interview since his arrest. The player spoke to a Catalan newspaper in prison and assures that it allowed him to “ask for forgiveness from the only person” he has to ask, which is his wife. Joanna Sanz. I already personally begged her for forgiveness here, in prison, but I have to do it publicly, because the story is public, the insult is public and she deserves these public apologies, he says. Therefore, he does not seek forgiveness from the alleged victim.

According to his version, he did not sexually assault her as claimed by the 23-year-old. The former Sevilla, Barcelona, ​​Juventus and PSG player maintains that he is innocent and that he had previously agreed with the girl to have sex in the bathroom of a reserved room at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona on December 30. “Only she and I know everything that happened there and what didn’t happen,” she says. And he proclaims his innocence: “I have a very clear conscience about what happened that morning.” She claims that he hit and raped her in the bathroom.

The investigation of the case is in the final stage, it has already been completed. There is even talk that the trial could take place in the fall of this year. The football player insists that it was consensual sex, and the girl claims the opposite from the first day, that she was raped. He entered the booth. Seeing that it was the bathroom, he wanted to go out. Alves locked her up, according to her story. He sat on the toilet bowl and forcibly put it on himself, the victim claims. She asked him to stop and let her go. He threw her to the ground, grabbed her by the neck, slapped her, pushed her on the toilet and raped her. He ran out of the bathroom crying.

The football player calls the victim “the woman I have a problem with». He says that he didn’t see her crying when she left the discotheque (even though he passed by her): “I didn’t see her. If I had seen her crying, I would have stopped and asked what was wrong. He also states that “if one of the managers of the discotheque had asked me to wait for me because a young woman claimed that I had sexually assaulted her, I would not have gone home. That same night I appeared at the police station to explain what had happened.

Alves denies drinking heavily that night and confirms it barely spoke to the victim (security cameras show conversations between them), whereupon he suggested they go to the toilet.

He assures that he slept peacefully that night and that his only regret is that he was unfaithful to his wife. “I left Sutton calm. I reached my house. I took a shower because my wife was already asleep and I was ashamed of my infidelity – he says. He learned about the lawsuit from the media. “I called my lawyer, Miraida Puentes, on the phone. She consulted with the Mosses and in court and assured me that there was no complaint and that I could travel and leave Spain with complete peace of mind. That’s why I left,” he concludes.

Brazilian He denies sexual assault. “I don’t know if he has a clear conscience, if he sleeps well at night. But I forgive her.” Dani Alves describes what happened on April 17 as “infidelity” to his wife, to whom he apologizes publicly. He says he lied in court statements to keep her: “I was afraid of losing Joana and that’s why I lied.” This explanation did not convince any of the judges who evaluated his pretrial detention in recent months. They decided to keep him in prison.