Dani Alves will remain in temporary prison

The court in Barcelona ordered keep football player Dani Alves in temporary prison while he is being investigated for the alleged sexually assault a girl at Sutton Nightclub.

The Supreme Court of Justice of Catalonia informed that the judges of department 3 rejected the appeal filed by Alves’ lawyerCristóbal Martell, with whom he tried to obtain the player’s temporary release until the trial, according to Europa Press.

Martell filed a complaint on January 31, claiming there was no flight risk and insisting his client’s innocence because, according to his version, the relationship at the disco was consensual. The appeal of the former Barcelona and Sevilla player is based on the fact that there are alternative measures to temporary detention and that there is no risk of flight, since the footballer is rooted in the capital of Catalonia, where he has his home and business.

It’s Alves in a temporary prison therefore, from January 20, and with the decision of this Tuesday, the court confirms the decision of the investigating judge who ordered temporary detention.

From this time, the Brazilian player gave various versions of what happened that night. In his first version, he said that he did not know the victim, after bumping into her in a local toilet, and later that there were relationships, but consensual ones, and that she was the one who gave him fellatio. DNA tests showed the latter, since traces of the footballer’s sperm appeared in the girl’s vagina. It was confirmed that there was penetration, claims the victim, who claims she was raped.

As the newspaper Ara reported this week, Alves changed his mind again and would state in front of the judge that it was the girl who started the relationship in the local bathroom. He would also point out that he didn’t want to and that he has been maintaining a different version until now to protect it.

Facts under investigation

The complainant claims that it is a rape victim by football players. The account of events said the 23-year-old arrived at the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona at 2am on December 30, accompanied by relatives and friends, after being given free tickets elsewhere. for this room. When they arrived, they barely spent a few minutes on the dance floor, because some Mexican friends they were invited to the VIP area. In a private room, Dani Alves enrolled the girls and took the stage.

According to the victim, the player forced her to give him fellatio, and he, after violently refusing, allegedly slapped her. The young complainant assures that finally, Alves entered her against her will. Footage from local cameras shows that the player and the girl were in the bathroom for 17 minutes.

Statements of the victim and witnesses

During these weeks, the judge called witness more people who were at the Barcelona discotheque that night. Among them are two friends of the complainant, who supported her version. The girls confirmed that the player approached them when they were drinking in a private room of the bar. In addition to the two young women who accompanied the complainant that evening, the director and six employees of the night club, including the doorman who saw the victim leaving crying after the alleged rapeprompting security personnel to activate the anti-sexual assault protocol on the premises and call the Mossos d’Esquadra.

Victim’s lawyerEster García, came to present the details to the Brazilian media OUOL where he assured that the young woman “receives psychological support through a public institution specialized in the treatment of victims of violence. The hospital sent him a complete treatment to avoid any kind of infectious disease, since he was not using a condom. He also has pharmacological therapy with anxiolytics so that he can sleep.

Dani Alves, from everything to nothing

Alves’s could be a path of absolute destruction. Going to prison for raping a football player with the most titles in history is the latest chapter in a long turbulent history of this lover of the night, considered a free verse in the dressing rooms of the clubs where he played.

At Barcelona, ​​Carles Puyol repeatedly reprimanded him on the pitch for his cheeky dancing with rival fans. His nights out were a constant even in the best of times to the extent that he was in charge of bringing the music to Barca gatherings. Where there could be fun was a player who was known for not being hungover and following a strict physical plan that allowed him to avoid any excess the night before.

In 2005, he met Dinora Santana, the mother of his children, Daniel and Victoria. The relationship between the two did not progress, and in 2011 there was a divorce, which only emphasized his extravagant profile on social networks and his private life, which was about to erupt. After six years of being a bachelor, he met Joana Sanza model from Tenerife who, although at first convinced herself that she was seeking a divorce, visited the player in prison.

His entry into prison was his last incident with Justice, but not the only one. Last June, the Ministry of Finance published a list of defaulters, and Dani Alves is on it for the fourth year in a rowwho owes more than two million euros.