Daniel Alves case: Police reveal more details in statements

The football player’s trialDaniel Alves is still ongoing at the Court of Catalonia, in Spain. This Tuesday, the 6th, the court had its second day of testimony and was attended by police officers who attended to the alleged victim of sexual abuse. In their statements, the police team brought to light more details of how the complaint was made.

A female police officer told the judge that she met the alleged victim when she went to make the report. She said the young woman was distressed and had already seen a doctor. There, she talked about the sexual assault and was nervous, she was afraid that her identity would be revealed because the attacker was famous. She also said that the woman was taking medication for anxiety, but was still nervous.

Another police officer, who was at the club that night, said that the woman was very nervous and couldn’t speak to herself, so much so that her friends helped her report what happened. She said the man didn’t let her leave the bathroom and touched her. “The only thing she said was that she didn’t want money, but justice, and that she had been raped by Daniel Alves”, said the police officer.

An agent said he was at the nightclub that night to comply with the reporting protocol, collected evidence and took photos, in addition to collecting fingerprints in the bathroom. Then, the agents also said that Daniel Alves’ lawyer said he could give a statement on January 20th and that was the date on which the police decided to arrest him.

The woman who made the complaint against Daniel Alves gave her statement on Monday, the 5th, and her identity is kept confidential to protect her from harassment by the press. This Tuesday, the 6th, Daniel’s wife, model Joana Sanz, also gave her statement and said that her husband arrived home drunk that night.

Daniel Alves is accused of having sexually assaulted a woman in December 2022 in a nightclub in Barcelona, ​​Spain. He has been detained since January 20, 2023 in preventive detention to prevent him from traveling outside the European country. The trial is expected to last until Wednesday, the 7th, which is when he will give his testimony. There is a possibility that he will receive 9 years in prison. For now, the court does not have a deadline to present the final sentence. However, it is already known that he will have to pay 150 thousand euros in compensation to the alleged victim for moral and psychological damages.

Journalist details images of Daniel Alves in a nightclub

This past Sunday, the 4th, Globo’s Fantástico program hosted Spanish journalist Jesús Gonzáles Albalat, who watched the security camera videos of the case, to talk about the accusations against the athlete. In the interview, the journalist spoke about the versions given by Daniel Alves’ defense, and pointed out how they always change throughout the investigation.

“Daniel Alves changes his version every time the tests leave him cornered. A new test comes out, he says something else. There’s a time on the dance floor when Daniel Alves takes her hand and puts it at the height of his penis Daniel says no, that it was she who touched him”he stated.

Jesús also talks about the moment in the video where Daniel was seen entering a small door. “You can only know it’s him because the white shoes appear in the reflection of a mirror. He keeps calling the woman and she goes […]”said the journalist. Know more!