Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been released from prison after paying one million euros in bail to be set free while appealing against a rape conviction, a Spanish court said. The former Barcelona player also handed over his passports, with prosecutors having argued against releasing him on bail because of a possible flight risk. Alves […]
SAO PAULO (AP) — The father of soccer star Neymar said Thursday that his family won’t pay the one million euros ($1.1 million) required to bail Dani Alves out of a Spanish prison where the former Brazil defender awaits the result of an appeal to his rape conviction. Neymar da Silva Santos said in a […]
Brazilian football star Dani Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman and sentenced to four years and six months in prison. The ruling by a three-judge panel in a Barcelona court on Thursday followed a three-day trial this month. Alves (40) denied any wrongdoing during the trial. The decision can be […]
Brazilian football star Dani Alves has denied accusations that he raped a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub. After two days of listening to evidence from the alleged victim, witnesses, police and experts, Alves testified that their encounter was consensual. His accuser said that Alves raped her in the toilets of an exclusive nightclub early […]
Brazilian footballer Dani Alves sat in silence and listened to a stream of witnesses give evidence during the second day of his sexual assault trial in Spain on Tuesday. Alves is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the bathroom of an upscale Barcelona nightclub on December 31st, 2022. He has denied any wrongdoing. State […]
Brazilian football star Dani Alves went on trial in Spain on Monday, a year after he allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub. Alves, a former Barcelona player, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman on the night of December 31st, 2022. He denies any wrongdoing. After arriving in a police van, […]