DENIES: Dani Alves rejects the accusations against him of rape. Photo: POOL / Reuters / NTB
Former football star Dani Alves denied raping a woman in a toilet in a nightclub in Barcelona when he testified in court on Wednesday.
Thursday 8 February at 07:57
The 40-year-old has been in prison without bail since he was arrested in January last year. Alves told the court in Barcelona that the woman could have left the toilet if she wanted to and that he is not “a violent man”.
The prosecution is demanding nine years in prison and compensation of 150,000 euros for the woman. This corresponds to just over NOK 1.7 million.
According to BBC told Alves that “she was not forced to be there” and that at no time did she ask to leave. He also denied hitting the woman.
IN COURT: Dani Alves in court in Barcelona. Photo: ALBERTO ESTEVEZ / POOL / EPA / NTB
The prosecution alleges that Alves and a friend bought champagne for three young women before Alves asked one of them to accompany him to a toilet she did not know about. There, according to the prosecution, he allegedly became violent and forced the woman to have sex.
A psychologist who treated the woman after the alleged rape testified on Wednesday that they found no indication that she was exaggerating or making the incident up.
The verdict is expected in a few weeks. Alves risks four to 15 years in prison if he is found guilty.
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