Daniel Alves case: Find out what he said in his testimony

On the third day of the trial in the sexual assault case, the Brazilian football player Daniel Alves spoke for the first time. In the previous days, he remained quiet and only listened to the testimonies of witnesses and analyzes of the experts who investigated the case. This Wednesday, the 7th, he spoke in his turn to give testimony about what happened.

He was accused by a woman of committing sexual assault in a bathroom at a nightclub in Barcelona, ​​Spain, in December 2022. He was detained for a year and is now on trial to receive the sentence. In his testimony, he recalled what happened that night.

At the beginning of his testimony, Daniel Alves said that he went out to eat with his friends at around 2:30 pm and they consumed some alcoholic drinks, such as wine, whiskey and sake. Soon after, they went to a bar and then to a nightclub. He said that two women were already in the reserved area and his friend, Bruno, asked them to stay with them. Daniel danced with one of them and said he thought they knew who he was because they asked to take a photo.

The athlete said that the atmosphere became warmer between him and the woman he was dancing with and they exchanged affection. Then, he asked her to go to the bathroom and she accepted. He said he entered the bathroom first and the woman entered a while later. “She was in front of me and we started the relationship. I remember she sat on me. I’m not a violent man. I didn’t force her to perform oral sex forcibly. She did not tell me anything. We were both enjoying ourselves and nothing more”, he said in the statement, according to the Globo Esporte website.

Soon after, he said he went home and saw his wife, Joana Sanz, in their bed. He lay down and slept. Daniel cried during this part of the statement. Then, he recalled the media repercussion of the harassment case. “I found out they were accusing me of sexual rape. I was practically ruined because I had all my contracts broken, accounts blocked. I found out everything from the press”, he declared. His testimony came to an end after that.

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.

What happens if Daniel Alves is convicted?

The soccer player Daniel Alves is being tried at the Barcelona Court, in Spain, on charges of having committed sexual assault against a woman in the bathroom of a nightclub in December 2022. The trial is expected to come to an end this Wednesday, 7th, and justice will be handed down. the sentence for him. What happens if he is convicted?

The trial may come to an end this Wednesday, but that does not mean that the sentence will already be announced. The Court does not have a set deadline for announcing his sentence. As a result, the athlete will remain in preventive detention until the sentence is defined. It is worth noting that the accusation asks that he receive a sentence of 12 years in prison, which is the maximum for this type of accusation. Meanwhile, the Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for a sentence of 9 years in prison.

Despite this, the court can still give a sentence of 6 years in prison because he has already paid compensation of 150 thousand euros to the woman who made the accusation. Another point is that Daniel may still have to serve another 10 years of supervised release after serving the detention period.

If Daniel Alves is found guilty, he will remain in prison, but may appeal. If he is found innocent, he can be released and the prosecution can appeal.