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Dani Alves<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
A court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub.<\/p>\n
He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early hours of December 31, 2022.<\/p>\n
His lawyer had asked for his acquittal and said she would appeal against the verdict.<\/p>\n
A lawyer for the victim welcomed the verdict, saying that it \u201crecognises what we have always known: the truth [as told] by the victim and the suffering there has been\u201d.<\/p>\n
As well as handing Alves a four-and-a-half year sentence, the court said he should face a further five years\u2019 probation<\/p>\n
The prosecution had asked for a nine-year prison sentence. In Spain, a claim of rape is investigated under the general accusation of sexual assault, and convictions can lead to prison sentences of four to 15 years.<\/p>\n
According to Spanish media, the court took into account Alves\u2019s decision to pay the victim \u20ac150,000 (\u00a3128,500) in damages regardless of the outcome of the trial when it decided on the length of his prison term.<\/p>\n
The court did not, however, accept the argument put forward by his lawyers that he should be given a more lenient sentence because he was drunk.<\/p>\n
His wife Joana Sanz, 31, said he had appeared very drunk when he got back to their Barcelona home the night of the rape and had bumped into furniture before collapsing on the bed.<\/p>\n
But the court argued that his alcohol consumption had not affected his behaviour.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said Alves and his friend had bought champagne for three young women before luring one of them to a VIP area of the nightclub with a toilet which she had no knowledge of.<\/p>\n
They argued that it was at this point he turned violent, forcing the woman to have sex despite her repeated requests to leave.<\/p>\n
Alves had maintained she could have left \u201cif she wanted to\u201d. However, the court found that she did not consent.<\/p>\n
Spanish law was changed recently to enshrine the importance of consent under the so-called \u201cOnly Yes is Yes\u201d principle.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the court said there was evidence other than the victim\u2019s testimony that proved that she had been raped.<\/p>\n
It said Alves had \u201cabruptly grabbed the complainant\u201d and thrown her to the ground. He had then raped her while preventing her from moving as \u201cthe complainant said no and wanted to leave,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
The woman said the rape had caused her \u201canguish and terror\u201d, and one of her friends who was with her on the night described how the 23-year-old had cried \u201cuncontrollably\u201d after leaving the bathroom.<\/p>\n
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