2024-02-06 20:37:26
On the second day of the trial for rape of ex-footballer Dani Alves, the friend who accompanied him to the Barcelona nightclub where the events took place, as well as his wife, both highlighted this Tuesday his state of drunk that evening. As had already been the case the day before, Dani Alves, who had been taken from the prison where he had been detained for more than a year, listened to the witnesses from the front row, monitored by a police officer. Dressed in a gray sweatshirt, dark pants and sneakers, the 40-year-old remained silent and still.
Among the twenty people called to testify this Tuesday afternoon was the Brazilian friend, named Bruno, who accompanied Alves during that night of December 30 to 31, 2022 in the Sutton nightclub in Barcelona. He returned to the facts with the help of an interpreter translating his remarks into Spanish. He claimed that Alves drank heavily that evening, with the two men going bar-hopping before ending the night at that nightclub.
After inviting the complainant and the two young women in her company to their table in the VIP area, Alves developed a form of “respectful affinity” with the complainant, according to the words of his Brazilian friend. He then saw him heading towards the toilets of this VIP area, followed shortly after by the young woman. When he returned, he said, Alves started dancing again and said nothing about what happened.
“He smelled of alcohol”
Wearing a dark outfit and a brown vest, Joana Sanz, the wife of Dani Alves, then came to the stand to testify for around ten minutes. She explained that she was not yet legally divorced from the ex-footballer and that she was in their house in Barcelona on the day of the incident.
When her husband came home that evening, she said, he “smelled of alcohol,” and “when he came into the bedroom, he bumped into several pieces of furniture and collapsed on the floor.” bed” before falling asleep. She assured that she did not try to speak to him because of “the state he was in”.
Accused of having raped a young woman in the toilets of the area reserved for VIP clients of the nightclub, the former Brazilian international claims that the sexual relationship was consensual. A version contradicted by the complainant, whose identity is protected by the courts, who testified on Monday behind closed doors, her voice being, moreover, modified and her face pixelated on the recording, intended for the exclusive use of judges , in case it leaks.
The trial is scheduled to end on Wednesday, culminating in the testimony of Dani Alves. The prosecution requested nine years in prison against him for an offense of “sexual assault with penetration”, accompanied by the payment of compensation of 150,000 euros to the young woman, and ten years of supervised release at the end of his incarceration.
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