Dani Alves denied wrongdoing after being indicted by a decide in a sexual assault case in Spain on Wednesday.
The Brazilian soccer star informed the decide in a Barcelona courtroom that he was not in settlement with the findings of the investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a girl at a nightclub in Barcelona on Dec. 30.
Alves was indicted after being formally knowledgeable by the decide of her findings. Prosecutors will now specify the costs in opposition to him. A trial date shall be set for later this 12 months or early in 2024.
Alves was additionally ordered to put aside 150,000 euros ($164,000 US) to pay his alleged sufferer if he’s ultimately discovered responsible and ordered to pay damages.
Attorneys mentioned the previous Barcelona defender spoke briefly earlier than the decide on Wednesday. He has mentioned the intercourse was consensual.
Alves has been in custody since January awaiting the conclusion of the investigation. He’s anticipated to stay in custody awaiting the trial. His bail requests have been denied as a result of he’s thought-about a flight threat. The participant had provided to show in his passports and put on a monitoring machine.
A decide ordered Alves to be jailed after analyzing the preliminary probe by authorities and listening to testimony from the alleged sufferer, witnesses and Alves.
Alves’s legal professionals unsuccessfully tried to discredit testimony by the alleged sufferer and different witnesses by presenting safety digicam footage on the nightclub. The courtroom has mentioned that any flirting mustn’t “in any means justify an eventual sexual assault.”
Beneath Spain’s sexual consent regulation handed final 12 months, sexual assault takes in a wide selection of crimes from on-line abuse and groping to rape, every with totally different potential punishments. A case of rape can carry a most sentence of 15 years.
The 40-year-old Alves gained 42 soccer titles, together with three Champions Leagues with Barcelona and two Copa Americas with Brazil. He performed in his third World Cup final 12 months in Qatar.