Dani Alves prosecutors are seeking a 9-year jail terms in rape case

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Prosecutors seek a 9-year jail term for the ex-Brazillian footballer

The ex-Brazillian football star, Dani Alves prosecutors who accused him of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022 are seeking a nine-year jail term, prosecutor's office said on Thursday.

They also demanded the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain full-back, who has been in jail in Spain since his arrest in January, pay his alleged victim 150,000 euros (US$163,500) in compensation, according to the statement on his indictment copy.

A date for his trial had not yet been set. The 40-year-old has maintained that he had consensual sex with his accuser.

"I have a really clear conscience regarding what happened that night in the bathroom of the VIP area of the Sutton nightclub," he told Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia in an interview published in June, his first since his arrest.

"What happened and what didn't happen. And what didn't happen is that I forced this woman to do anything that we did," he added.

But when the story first broke – and before he was arrested – Alves in a television interview initially denied knowing the woman who filed a police complaint against him on January 2.

The player told La Vanguardia that he had lied at first because he was afraid his wife would leave him if he admitted he had been with another woman.

The indictment offers a detailed description of what according to prosecutors happened at the upscale Sutton nightclub.

After meeting at the venue, Alves invited the woman to enter a small enclosure which she says she did not know was a toilet.

Once inside, the footballer showed a "violent attitude" towards the woman, who he forced to have intercourse despite her resistance.

At the time of the incident, Alves was on holiday in Barcelona after playing for Brazil at the World Cup in Qatar.

After his arrest, Alves was sacked by his Mexican club Pumas UNAM.

In a highly successful career, Alves won 42 trophies, including three Champions Leagues with Barcelona and two Copa Americas with Brazil.

Source: AFP

丹尼·阿爾維斯 (Dani Alvis) 檢察官因強姦案尋求 9 年監禁

檢察官辦公室週四表示，前巴西足球明星丹尼·阿爾維斯檢察官指控他於 2022 年 12 月在巴塞隆納一家夜總會強姦一名年輕女子，目前正在尋求 9 年監禁。

根據起訴書副本上的聲明，他們還要求這位自 1 月被捕以來一直在西班牙監獄服刑的前巴塞隆納和巴黎聖日耳曼後衛向其所謂的受害者支付 15 萬歐元（163,500 美元）的賠償。

對他的審判日期尚未確定。 這名 40 歲的男子堅稱，他與原告發生了雙方自願的性行為。

「對於那天晚上在薩頓夜總會 VIP 區的浴室發生的事情，我問心無愧，」他在 6 月發表的一次採訪中告訴巴塞隆納報紙 La Vanguardia，這是他被捕後的第一次採訪。

「發生了什麼，沒有發生什麼。沒有發生的是我強迫這個女人做我們所做的任何事情，」他補充道。

但當這個故事首次曝光時，也就是阿爾維斯被捕之前，他在一次電視採訪中最初否認認識這名於 1 月 2 日向警方投訴的女子。

這名球員告訴《先鋒報》，他一開始撒了謊，因為他擔心如果他承認自己和另一個女人在一起，他的妻子就會離開他。

起訴書詳細描述了檢察官所說的高檔薩頓夜總會發生的事情。

在會場見面後，阿爾維斯邀請這名女子進入一個小圍場，她說她不知道那是廁所。

一進門，足球員就對這名女子表現出“暴力態度”，不顧她的反抗，強行與她發生性關係。

事發時，阿爾維斯正在代表巴西隊參加卡達世界盃後在巴塞隆納度假。

被捕後，阿爾維斯被他的墨西哥俱樂部Pumas UNAM解僱。

在非常成功的職業生涯中，阿爾維斯贏得了 42 座獎杯，其中包括隨巴塞隆納贏得 3 座歐冠冠軍，隨巴西隊奪得 2 座美洲杯冠軍。