Accused of rape in a Barcelona nightclub, Daniel Alves completes 4 months in jail this Saturday (20). Referred to as up by Tite for the World Cup in Qatar, the right-back had his life reworked since January 20, when the Spanish court docket ordered that the athlete be investigated and reply to the lawsuit underneath preventive arrest. Estadão remembers, month by month, the primary occasions and the evolution of the case in court docket.
JANUARY
The case had its first repercussions within the Spanish press in 2022. On December 31, the every day ABC revealed that Daniel Alves had sexually assaulted a younger girl on the Sutton nightclub the day earlier than. The lady was accompanied by mates always and the safety workforce on the nightclub known as the Catalan police (Mossos d’Esquadra), who took a press release from the sufferer.
On January 10, the Spanish Justice accepted the criticism and started to analyze the participant. Inconsistencies within the variations given by the participant to the Justice, along with the opportunity of fleeing Spain, made Decide Maria Concepción Canton Martín order the arrest of Daniel Alves on January 20, a Friday, after giving testimony.
Barcelona’s Investigating Court docket 15 is main the investigation. Within the contradictions, Daniel Alves even stated that I didn’t know the lady who accused him; later, he revealed that there was sexual activity, however consensually. The Public Ministry’s request for the athlete to be detained additionally occurred due to a potential threat that he “fled” from Spain, within the midst of the method.
Daniel Alves voluntarily gave a press release to the police, with out the presence of his legal professionals. The winger was in Spain with Joana Sanz, his spouse and mannequin, due to his mother-in-law’s wake. In January, she even requested the press to respect her privateness throughout this era.
On the time he was arrested, Daniel Alves had a contract with Pumas, from Mexico, and had performed within the World Cup in Qatar with the Brazilian nationwide workforce. On the identical day that he was provisionally arrested, the membership introduced the termination of his bond with the workforce.
Cristóbal Martell, who has defended Barcelona, Lionel Messi and businessmen and politicians, was employed to deal with the case. The winger has since been held at Brians 2 jail in Catalonia.
FEBRUARY
Dinorah Santana, first spouse of Daniel Alves, his agent and mom of his two youngsters, got here out in protection of the participant, arrested in Barcelona on a provisional foundation whereas answering for a sexual offense cost. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper Sport, the Brazilian stated she believed within the athlete’s innocence, regardless of the lawsuits in Spanish Justice.
Daniel Alves’ protection tried to attraction, with the MP, for the participant to reply to the method in freedom. In a session held behind closed doorways, the company cited the a number of proof that will incriminate the Brazilian, particularly the DNA proof, to disclaim the request.
Within the midst of the method, Daniel tried to maintain his relationship with Joana Sanz. On a number of events, the facet known as his spouse to protect the wedding. She additionally visited him in jail throughout this era. In one of many dialogues, revealed by the Spanish channel Telecinco, the participant would have acknowledged that he was drunk and doesn’t keep in mind something that occurred there.
MARCH
Two months after being arrested, Daniel Alves was, in accordance with mates and sources near the participant, depressed and hopeless. Added to that is the truth that, in March, Joana Sanz indicated that she would half methods with the participant. In a handwritten letter revealed on social media, the mannequin claims that she is going to proceed to like him, however wanted to step away.
“I like him and I’ll love him perpetually. Anybody who says {that a} love is forgotten is fooling themselves or did not actually love. However I like, respect and worth myself far more. Forgiving relieves, so I stick with the magician and shut a stage in my life that started on Could 18, 2015. I’m grateful for the alternatives and classes that life provides me. Regardless of how troublesome it might be, here’s a sturdy girl who’s shifting on to the subsequent stage of her life,” wrote Joana .
In the identical month, Daniel wrote one other letter, obtained completely by Estadão. In it, the participant speaks on to the lady and “regrets his determination”. In one of many excerpts, he writes about her innocence. “I perceive the ache that the unfair state of affairs we live in is inflicting. I perceive that you haven’t been capable of stand up to all this stress. The details of which I’m accused are international to me and to the values which have guided me all through my life: the love, respect and energy”.
As well as, this month, in accordance with the Spanish web site El Caso, officers from Brians 2 seen the entry of a considerable amount of Barcelona shirts into the penitentiary. The components can be for a prisoner who’s allowed to flow into in numerous modules of the advanced. The presence of the participant drives a scheme for the sale of shirts signed by the Brazilian, that are exchanged for packs of cigarettes.
APRIL AND MAY
Earlier than finishing 4 months in jail this Saturday, Daniel Alves returned to testify to the Spanish Justice in April. In response to Spanish laws, an individual, as an investigated individual, can testify as many occasions as he deems mandatory throughout the judicial course of. That was why Daniel requested to talk once more.
On this new assertion, he once more reiterated that the sufferer had consented to sexual activity. Moreover, he acknowledged that the a number of variations he provided concerning the affair was a method of hiding his infidelity from Joana Sanz. Even indicating that she would separate from the participant, the mannequin continued with visits to the jail and even congratulated him on his birthday in April.
In response to a colleague of Daniel Alves, the Brazilian participant is harassed in jail. Referred to as a “rapist”, he’s usually intimidated when he shares house with different inmates, corresponding to at soccer matches and within the cafeteria. The identification of the right-back colleague has not been revealed.
The person additionally reveals that Daniel Alves is thinner and extra depressed since he arrived in jail. In response to him, the Brazilian has privileges in jail, however he didn’t specify what they’re. The athlete spends most of his time remoted in his module and denies that he sexually assaulted the 23-year-old who accuses him.
The protection additionally requested for a brand new launch request for Daniel Alves. In response to the participant’s legal professionals, there isn’t any threat of the defendant fleeing. His household, ex-wife and kids moved to Barcelona. The authorized physique claims that it all the time had plans for the 2 youngsters to finish their college research in Spain. Because of this they got here to dwell within the European nation to dwell in the home of their property in Esplugues de Llobregat, in Barcelona.
As well as, within the request despatched on Could 16, the protection mentions that within the “recorded pictures, two adults are clearly seen growing an erotic recreation previous to coitus”. This excerpt is current within the attraction, offered to the Court docket of Barcelona and revealed by Uol.
WHAT CAN BE THE PENALTY OF DANIEL ALVES?
There may be nonetheless no date for the case of Daniel Alves to have its verdict within the Justice of Spain, but it surely ought to happen in 2023. In October 2022, the Penal Code of Spain was amended with the addition of a brand new legislation, which offers that sexual crimes should be typified in accordance with the consent of the sufferer. Referred to as “Solely sure is sure”, she started to think about that every one non-consensual sexual acts had been now thought of violence. The participant’s jail is maintained till the top of the trial.
In response to the newspaper El Mundo, Daniel Alves may very well be sentenced to eight to 10 years in jail. At first of February, eight witnesses, who had been current on the daybreak when the case allegedly befell, testified earlier than the Spanish court docket: a good friend and the complainant’s cousin; two waiters from the Sutton VIP space; the nightclub doorman; the director of the nightclub, liable for triggering the protocol in opposition to sexual assault and calling the Mossos d’Esquadra (Catalan police); and two different individuals who had been on the disco on the evening of the incident.
