Dani Alves suffered another legal setback and will remain in pretrial detention

The former winger of Barcelona of Spain Dani Alves He will continue in pretrial detention for the case in which he is accused of raping a young woman in a bowling alley bathroom, because the Justice considers that the “risk of escape remains.”

The Court of Barcelona ratified the pretrial detention and dismissed the appeal filed by the defense of alvesso the Brazilian will remain in jail after being arrested on January 20.

The resolution is due to the “flight risk“and no other precautionary measure” can neutralize said risk with sufficient guarantees.

“The Spanish documentation and the registration of the minor children of Mr. Alves in Spain seem to have been made ad hoc, practically on the same day as the decision denying their release, in order to be able to argue it before this Court,” he adds.

In addition, the Court held that what happened before entering the bathroom of the bowling alley sutton of Barcelona “does not determine that she had consented to the accredited penetrative sexual relationship, nor that she lied about it”, given that this was one of the arguments presented by the renowned footballer’s defense.

“We must remember that said behavior, even when it was a typical sexual courtship between two adults as the defense affirms, cannot in any way justify a subsequent sexual assault. Nor can the line of argument be founded to rule out the attack on the sexual freedom of the young woman in whom she voluntarily entered the bathroom. Even if that were the case, it would not give any concession to Mr. Alves to impose the sexual act, “said the letter.

Dani Alves accused of sexual assault

On January 2, 2023, the victim went to a Barcelona police station and denounced the player Dani Alves for rape in a nightclub where a private party was held on December 30, 2022.

After the progress of the case classified as sexual assault, the judge extreme the preventive detention against the soccer player without bail for possible escape and for his contradictions in the first statement