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Dani Alves: Ex-Brazil fullback released on bail after rape conviction

Spanish court overturns Dani Alves sexual assault conviction

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...

Former Barcelona star Alves indicted in sexual assault case

Former Barcelona star Alves indicted in sexual assault case

Former Barcelona defender Dani Alves was indicted by a judge in a sexual assault case in Spain on Wednesday. The 40-year-old denied any wrongdoing by telling a judge in a court in Barcelona that he was not in agreement with the findings of the investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a nightclub in the Catalonian capital on December 30. The female judge...