{"id":122952,"date":"2023-11-24T11:21:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T11:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/24\/prosecutor-seeks-nine-year-prison-term-for-dani-alves\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T11:21:56","slug":"prosecutor-seeks-nine-year-prison-term-for-dani-alves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/24\/prosecutor-seeks-nine-year-prison-term-for-dani-alves\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor seeks nine-year prison term for Dani Alves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dani Alves has 126 caps for Brazil and was part of his country’s squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
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A Spanish prosecutor is seeking a prison term of nine years for ex-Brazil and Barcelona defender Dani Alves.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old is to stand trial\u00a0in Spain for alleged sexual assault last December.<\/p>\n

Alves has been in prison without bail since\u00a0being arrested in January\u00a0over an allegation he assaulted a woman in a Barcelona nightclub.<\/p>\n

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He has said that he had consensual sex with his accuser after initially denying any sexual encounter with her.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor has also asked for Alves to receive a restraining order following the jail term and for him to pay damages worth 150,000 euros (\u00a3130,500) to the woman.<\/p>\n

In August, a court in the Barcelona area formally indicted Alves and later decided there was enough evidence to send him to trial.<\/p>\n

A trial date is yet to be set for Alves, who played for Brazil at last year\u2019s World Cup and had\u00a0his contract with Mexican club UNAM\u00a0terminated after his arrest.<\/p>\n

In Spain, a claim of rape is investigated under the general accusation of sexual assault and convictions can lead to prison sentences of between four and 15 years.<\/p>\n

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