The Catalan Prosecutor has introduced his plans to enchantment to the acquittal of the previous Dani Alves, the Brazilian soccer star who was free of the rape costs final week.
On Friday in a historic second, a Spanish Court of Appeal stated that there was no “enough proof” to exclude the presumption of innocence of Alves.
The choice arrived greater than a yr after a judgment of February 2024 thought of the Barcelona defender, responsible of elevating a lady in a disco rest room in December 2022.
“Dani Alves is harmless, and this has been proven,” stated his protection lawyer inés Guardiola Catalano Radio Rac1. “Justice has lastly been served.”
Although the ministries of the Spanish state pray to enchantment, in order that the case reaches one other court docket, the Madrid Supreme Court should settle for to evaluation the choice to satisfy Alves.
Before the trial of final yr, the alleged sufferer of the disco accident advised the state ministries that had danced with Alves in an evening membership earlier than willingly enter the bogs with him.
He stated that when he determined to depart the bogs, he didn’t let her, then slapped her, impressed her and compelled her to have intercourse with him towards his will.
Alves, who was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in jail within the three -day trial final yr, has consistently denied any offense.
While the case itself lasted greater than three years, the participant spent a complete of 14 months in jail.
The Alves trial was the primary case of excessive profile in Spain because the nation’s rape legal guidelines have been revised in 2022 to oblige the defendants to reveal that they’ve obtained sexual consensus from accusers and eliminating a distinction between sexual crimes.
The measure was launched after the rape of the 2016 gang of an 18 -year -old girl on the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona. The so -called “wolves package deal” of males who filmed themselves by attacking it was initially condemned for a minor offense earlier than the supreme court docket in the long run elevated their sentences.
The authentic verdict aroused protests at nationwide stage.
