“The victim did not consent and there is evidence beyond the complainant’s statement that can be considered to prove rape,” the Barcelona court said in a statement.
Prosecutors have asked the three-time Champions League winner to be sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by a 10-year suspended sentence.
Alves, 40, who played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain during his long career and is one of the most decorated footballers in the world, was arrested by a woman at a nightclub in Sutton in the early hours of December 31st earlier this month. filed in court in 2022, charged with rape.
His accuser, who testified behind a screen to protect her identity, said Alves forced her to have sex with him in a nightclub’s private bathroom, even though she begged him to let her go. and said that it caused her to do so. sadness and fear. ” said the prosecutor.
A friend who was with her broke down in tears as she told the court how the victim was “crying uncontrollably” after leaving the bathroom, saying Alves had “really hurt” her.
Police officers who attended the woman told the court about the victim’s state of agitation and “shock” when they arrived at the nightclub, as well as her anxiety that “nobody would believe her” if she filed a complaint.
Alves, who was present in court throughout his three-day trial, testified that his sexual encounter with the woman was consensual and denied hitting her and grabbing her hair.
I’m not that kind of guy,I’m not a violentcriminal,” he told the court after his lawyer asked if he had forced her to have sex.
“She could have gone if she wanted to. She had no obligation to be there,” he added.
Accordingtoa friend ofAlves who was with him that night, the footballer drank wine and whiskey before going to a nightclub.
His wife, Joana Sanz,31, told a court on Tuesday that Sanz appeared to be quite drunk when he returned to their home in Barcelona that night, and that Eha stopped her because of“the condition he was in’ ‘He said he had not come and wanted to talk to him.
