BARCELONA: Brazilian former footballer Dani Alves maintained that he had consensual intercourse and didn’t act violently in his encounter with a lady in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022 as he gave his testimony on Wednesday (Feb 7) in a trial on costs of sexual assault.
Talking calmly, however ending with tears in his eyes, the 40-year-old former Barcelona defender stated the complainant had touched his genitals whereas dancing and willingly accompanied him to a restroom, the place she carried out oral intercourse on him they usually had a sexual activity.
Requested if he compelled her to have intercourse and acted violently or didn’t enable her to go away the room, Alves stated: “By no means. I’m not that sort of man. I’m not a violent man.”
Alves’ remarks late on Wednesday wrapped up three days of testimonies within the trial, which now strikes to the deliberation section by a panel of three judges.
The general public prosecutor has accused Alves of forcing the girl to have intercourse with out her consent and with out utilizing a condom. The 23-year-old girl testified behind a display screen along with her voice distorted to guard her id.
The prosecutor is searching for a nine-year jail time period and for Alves to pay damages value 150,000 euros ($163,215) to his alleged sufferer. The complainant seeks a 12-year jail sentence.
Alves was arrested in January final yr and has since been held on remand.
He initially denied any sexual encounter with the girl whom he stated he didn’t know. He later stated he had consensual intercourse along with her within the restroom of a nightclub, including that he had denied it initially to guard his marriage.
The case has attracted important consideration not solely due to Alves’ profile however as a result of sexual assault is a dominant political theme in Spain.
Two of the alleged sufferer’s buddies informed the courtroom on Monday that Alves groped them that evening earlier than allegedly sexually assaulting their pal.
