There is still no date for this trial “on charges for which the process has always been open, it is a crime of sexual assault”, sources at the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia told AFP.
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According to the Spanish press, the former national team captain will leave prison on Wednesday to go to the Barcelona court, where the judge will notify him of her decision and will order him to pay 150 euros (R$784 in current quote).
This “bail” will be used to cover possible damages and losses, but not to be released on parole, these sources said.
In this way, the judge concludes the investigation of the case and now opens the criminal phase for Daniel, who, without aggravating circumstances, could be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison.
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On January 2, a young woman reported that the player had raped her in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub at the end of December, after Daniel Alves had played in the World Cup in Qatar.
The athlete, who initially denied knowing the young woman, changed his version several times and ended up admitting that he had consensual relations with her, according to sources close to the case.
The woman's version remained stable and the judges at the Barcelona Audiencia rejected several appeals from the former right-back's lawyers asking for his parole, claiming that there was a risk of flight to Brazil.
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“A clear conscience”
In an interview published in June by the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia, the first since his arrest, Daniel Alves said he was innocent.
“I have a very clear conscience about what happened that morning in the bathroom of the Sutton nightclub. What happened and what didn't happen. And what didn't happen is that I forced this woman to do none of the things we did”, explained the former São Paulo player to the newspaper from the prison where he is held, approximately 40 km from Barcelona.
“There is not a single mark on her body that explains the violence with which she said I moved her in the bathroom”, argues the player, who claims that the relationships were, at all times, consented by both.
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In the extensive conversation, the right-back justified his different versions of what happened due to fear of losing his wife.
Player who won the most trophies in history, with 43 titles, Daniel Alves experienced the most glorious phase of his career between 2008 and 2016, when alongside Messi, Xavi and Iniesta he won 23 trophies, but also played for teams like Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain. German.
The athlete's last club in Brazil was São Paulo, where he played between 2019 and 2021.
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In Qatar, he became the oldest Brazilian player to take the field at a World Cup.
His last team, Mexico's Pumas, announced his departure in January when the scandal broke.
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