Accused of rape by a young woman and placed in pre-trial detention, Dani Alves changed his version of the facts, placing himself in the posture of the victim.
Placed in detention since January 20 in a case of alleged rape, Dani Alves saw his request for release rejected by Catalan justice. The Barcelona court considers ” high risk of leakage ” in view of ” the high sentence that can be imposed on him in this case » and his « financial means that could allow him to leave Spain at any time ».
The 39-year-old Brazilian full-back is accused of raping a 23-year-old woman on the night of December 30 in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom. Allegations he has always refuted, initially ensuring that he never met the complainant, then admitting to having had consensual sex with her.
“I wanted to protect this young woman”
The video tapes screened, the various testimonies collected and the scientifically recorded elements such as DNA traces corroborate the version of the young victim. And yet Dani Alves surprised his world recently by declaring himself a victim before a private prosecutor’s office.
According to the Catalan media Ara, the former Blaugrana assures that the complainant would have thrown herself on him to perform oral sex without his consent. “ She went straight to me. I didn’t touch that girl », dixit Dani Alves, before concluding: « The truth is, I wanted to protect this young woman. »
