A Spanish court has overturned a rape conviction on former Barcelona and Brazil full-back Dani Alves after an appeal, Afrosport reports.
Alves was handed a four-and-a-half year prison sentence in February 2024 after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub two years earlier.
The 41-year-old was then released from prison on a €1 million bail while awaiting the appeal from a higher court.
The appeals division of Catalonia’s High Court of Justice unanimously upheld the appeal by Alves and acquitted him, stating the case against him had inconsistencies and contradictions.
The court also lifted all restrictions on the three-time UEFA Champions League winner, including a travel ban and restraining order.
The decision can however still be appealed all the way to the Spanish Supreme Court.
