Victim of former FC Barcelona player Daniel Alves, seeks the maximum prison sentence allowed by the Criminal Code for a crime. sexual assault with influence (rape), that is, 12 years in prison. Special charge appliedfor lawyer Ester García, asks the prosecution for a longer sentence of nine years’ imprisonment: 150,000 euros, although it requests the same compensation for the complainant. The Brazilian star has been in prison since January 20 for allegedly sexually assaulting a 23-year-old girl at the Sutto nightclub on Tuset Street in the center of the capital, on the night of December 30-31, 2022. . Now It’s the former football player’s lawyer, Inés Guardiola’s turn.. The trial is scheduled for early 2024.
The Barcelona Court rejected Alves’ freedom three times due to the risk of flight, but the last rejection decision was appealed by the former football player’s defense in the same court and it was reiterated that it should be applied in this case as well. mitigating compensation The damage was compensated by depositing 150,000 Euros to the court to pay possible compensation to the victim. The judges rejected this argument for now because, in their opinion, this question and whether the mitigating circumstance should be ordinary or high-quality (which further reduces the penalty) will need to be clarified at the hearing if it is rejected by the former player’s lawyer. raises. Past negotiations between the accused and the defense did not allow an agreement to be reached that would prevent the trial from being held.
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The events extend until the end of December. On the 30th of the same month, the former football player flew to Barcelona. That day, he called his friend Bruno and they met for dinner. They ordered a table in a restaurant and Then they went to Sutton nightclub, on Tuset Street. They sat at a table in a booth called Moet, which had access to a camera-free ‘suite’ with a small bathroom next to the entrance. The victim entered the nightclub with his cousin and a friend around half past two that morning. They went to the general room and then entered the reserved area. Alves invited them to have a drink with him (they were rejected at first).
For several minutes the five of them danced and talked. According to the prosecution, Alves was “aware” of the victim, “hugging her and approaching her.” Twice he stood behind her, took her hand and brought it closer to his penis, so that when the young woman realized his intention, she immediately moved her hand away. A few minutes later, the former football player went to the door leading to the suite and entered. From there he told the young woman to go and introduced her. small toilet in the corridor. The woman who saw herself in that cabin asked the former player to take her out. The prosecutor alleged that Alves pulled down the victim’s pants, pulled her hair, made her fall to her knees and forced her to perform oral sex, but failed to do so. The woman resisted and the former actor slapped her face several times. When the young woman refused to perform oral sex on him, Alves picked her up, bent her over the toilet and sexually assaulted her.